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Silak12 Posted 12 years ago
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On the position as?
Hi! everyone.
I want to know what does the coloured phrase mean in the context below? (This paragraph is from the newspaper I was reading this morning and I am quoting the para as is(including the double quotaion marks used).
The decision came a day after the provincial high court declared illegal the delimitation exercise conducted in the province and directed the provincial government to hold the elections as per schedule "on the position as exsisting prior to delimitation process"
Thanks!
I want to know what does the coloured phrase mean in the context below? (This paragraph is from the newspaper I was reading this morning and I am quoting the para as is(including the double quotaion marks used).
The decision came a day after the provincial high court declared illegal the delimitation exercise conducted in the province and directed the provincial government to hold the elections as per schedule "on the position as exsisting prior to delimitation process"
Thanks!
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As far as I can gather (and perhaps you already know this), "delimitation" here refers to the drawing of constituency boundaries. I think the court is telling the province to hold the elections according to the previous constituency boundaries, not the new ones that they tried (illegally) to impose. " is not a particularly good way of expressing this in my opinion.
- As far as I can gather (and perhaps you already know this), "delimitation" here refers to the drawing of constituency boundaries.
- I think the court is telling the province to hold the elections according to the previous constituency boundaries, not the new ones that they tried (illegally) to impose.
- " is not a particularly good way of expressing this in my opinion.
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As far as I can gather (and perhaps you already know this), "delimitation" here refers to the drawing of constituency boundaries. I think the court is telling the province to hold the elections according to the previous constituency boundaries, not the new ones that they tried (illegally) to impose. "on the position..." is not a particularly good way of expressing this in my opinion.
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Thanks!
GPY"on the position..." is not a particularly good way of expressing this in my opinion.Could you tell me how would you rephrase it?
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If I'm understanding it correctly, perhaps
... directed the provincial government to hold the elections as scheduled, according to the previously existing boundaries.
... directed the provincial government to hold the elections as scheduled, according to the previously existing boundaries.
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