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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should...
peremptory
1 a: putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay; specifically : not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply <a peremptory mandamus> b: admitting of no contradiction
2: expressive of urgency or command <a peremptory call>
3 a: characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance <how insolent of late he is become, how proud, how peremptory — Shakespeare>
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1: What does the red phrase mean? Couldn't that red phrase be written as not providing an opportunity to show cause (reason) why one cannot comply?
2: Why did Shakespeare use is where he could have used has?
1 a: putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay; specifically : not providing an opportunity to show cause why one should not comply <a peremptory mandamus> b: admitting of no contradiction
2: expressive of urgency or command <a peremptory call>
3 a: characterized by often imperious or arrogant self-assurance <how insolent of late he is become, how proud, how peremptory — Shakespeare>
[M-W's Col. Dic.]
1: What does the red phrase mean? Couldn't that red phrase be written as not providing an opportunity to show cause (reason) why one cannot comply?
2: Why did Shakespeare use is where he could have used has?
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Hi Jackson, In my view, if a person cannot comply, that would be a good reason (cause) why he should not comply. Perhaps he can, but for some reason he doesn't want to. He has apparently been denied the chance to explain why he shouldn't have to do what someone has ordered him to do.
- Hi Jackson, In my view, if a person cannot comply, that would be a good reason (cause) why he should not comply.
- Perhaps he can, but for some reason he doesn't want to.
- He has apparently been denied the chance to explain why he shouldn't have to do what someone has ordered him to do.
- ] Regarding The Bard, is become is another tense from has become and is simply not used much anymore.
- He wants to stress the immediacy of the situation.
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Hi Jackson,
In my view, if a person cannot comply, that would be a good reason (cause) why he should not comply. Perhaps he can, but for some reason he doesn't want to. He has apparently been denied the chance to explain why he shouldn't have to do what someone has ordered him to do. In my experience, before some orders are enforced, a person is given an oportunity to
In my view, if a person cannot comply, that would be a good reason (cause) why he should not comply. Perhaps he can, but for some reason he doesn't want to. He has apparently been denied the chance to explain why he shouldn't have to do what someone has ordered him to do. In my experience, before some orders are enforced, a person is given an oportunity to
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