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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Grammar

Lawyer statement

About a case in court.

The defendant was fired from her job for gaining 50 pounds.
The defendant worked at a club waitressing.
There were other people who had altered their appearance, one got a nose job, the other got hair extension, yet those 2 didn't get fired.

Could this be a closing argument to sway the jury in favor of the defendant? Would you better the paragraph and sentences if possible?

This is the first sentence but don't know which is grammatically correct?

In the dictionary, altering one's appearance is one definition of the word 'change'.
By definition, altering one's appearance is called change.
By definition, change means altering one's appearance.

This is what follows

Whether it's to improve one's appearance or not isn't relevant since as stated/defined in the collective bargaining agreement of the company, 'changing your appearance is cause for termination. If they were not terminated why would she have gotten terminated.

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Anonymous Could this be a closing argument to sway the jury in favor of the defendant? If I were on the jury, it would not sway me one iota.

— AlpheccaStars

  • Anonymous Could this be a closing argument to sway the jury in favor of the defendant?
  • If I were on the jury, it would not sway me one iota.
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AnonymousCould this be a closing argument to sway the jury in favor of the defendant?
If I were on the jury, it would not sway me one iota.
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It should because if in the collective bargaining agreement, it says that change is cause for termination. Why would she get fired for putting on weight and not someone who has had a nose job.

Grammatically speaking, which one is correct?
In the dictionary, altering one's appearance is one definition of the word 'change'.
By definition, altering one's appearance is called change.
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AnonymousIt should because if in the collective bargaining agreement, it says that change is cause for termination.
Because a "cause for termination" means optional, not mandatory termination. According to the collective bargaining agreement, a change in appearance qualifies as the basis for termination should the management decide to do so.
A waitress w
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I've been trying to explain in a well thought sentence. Here it is. I would like to know are my sequence of words correct in the underline?

The owner's basis for terminating the overweight waitress is that she brings in 3 times fewer customers than the other 2 who had a change in appearance for the better. It wasn't because she couldn't do her work due to her weight. That wo
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I've been trying to explain in a well-thought-out sentence. Here it is. I would like to know are my sequence of words correct in the underline?
Yes.
Is this perfectly written since you haven't modified: No. I would add a comma after since and change the colon to a comma.

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Thank you AlpheccaStars
Is there anyway to turn the sentence around ? Is the blue part the best way to say it, just wondering please?
The owner's basis for terminating the overweight waitress is that she brings in 3 times fewer customers than the other 2 who had a change in appearance for the better.

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The owner's basis for terminating the overweight waitress is that she brings in three times fewer customers than the other two who changed their appearance for the better.
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AnonymousWhether it's to improve one's appearance or not isn't relevant since as stated/defined in the collective bargaining agreement of the company, 'changing your appearance is cause for termination. If they were not terminated why would she have gotten terminated.
Cause simply means a sufficient reason. It does not mean that management is required or oblig
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