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Pokh Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

Meaning

By a vote of 9 to 0, the Supreme Court awarded the Central Intelligence Agency broad discretionary powers enabling/for it to withhold from the public the identities of its sources of intelligence information.

Will the meaning change replacing for with enabling?

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Slightly but not significantly. Enable has the power causing the ability to withhold. For has the power causing the withholding.

  • Slightly but not significantly.
  • Enable has the power causing the ability to withhold.
  • For has the power causing the withholding.
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Slightly but not significantly.

Enable has the power causing the ability to withhold.

For has the power causing the withholding.

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