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PamQueue Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

On The Fence

"I think they really like personality and it can tip the scale if your other stats are right on the fence. In terms of the stats, you need to have about a 170 LSAT score."

What is "on the fence" here? Dictionaries suggest it means "to be undecided", but how could stats be undecided?
  

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PamQueue ... if your other stats are right on the fence. " If you need a score of 170, 'on the fence' is probably a score in the 165-169 range.

— CalifJim

  • PamQueue ...
  • if your other stats are right on the fence.
  • " If you need a score of 170, 'on the fence' is probably a score in the 165-169 range.
  • CJ
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PamQueue... if your other stats are right on the fence. In terms of the stats, you need to have about a 170 LSAT score."
If you need a score of 170, 'on the fence' is probably a score in the 165-169 range.

CJ
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So, "on the fence" is law school talk?
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PamQueueSo, "on the fence" is law school talk?
No. It's an idiom that's in widespread use. It means that someone can't decide which side of an issue to agree with. It can also mean, as in your example, that something is on the borderline of being accepted or rejected.
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MalRey It means that someone can't decide which side of an issue to agree with.
This meaning is what I found in most dictionaries.

MalRey It can also mean, as in your example, that something is on the borderline of being accepted or rejected.
This meaning is new to me and not available in the dictionarie
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MalRey It means that someone can't decide which side of an issue to agree with.
This meaning is what I found in most dictionaries.

MalRey It can also mean, as in your example, that something is on the borderline of being accepted or rejected.
This meaning is new to me and not available in the dictionaries
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PamQueue
MalRey It can also mean, as in your example, that something is on the borderline of being accepted or rejected.
This meaning is new to me and not available in the dictionaries I looked up. Is it slangy/informal/colloquial? That's why dictionaries don't have this meaning?

One of the definitions of 'fence' is 'bo
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