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Debarghya Posted 11 years ago
Business & Finance
Restraint/Restrained
An agreement through which a person is restraint/restrained from exercising lawful profession or trade is void.
Please tell whether it is restraint or restrained and why?
Is that due to referring past or present situations!
Please tell whether it is restraint or restrained and why?
Is that due to referring past or present situations!
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In your sentence, “is restrained” is correct. By itself, restraint is a noun. Straps binding a prisoner are restraints.
- In your sentence, “is restrained” is correct.
- By itself, restraint is a noun.
- Straps binding a prisoner are restraints.
- No tense applies.
- The verb, ‘restrain’ (present tense) is used as an imaginary restraint/strap: “Please restrain yourself” (stop yourself from doing whatever annoying action it is).
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In your sentence, “is restrained” is correct.
By itself, restraint is a noun. Straps binding a prisoner are restraints. No tense applies.
The verb, ‘restrain’ (present tense) is used as an imaginary restraint/strap: “Please restrain yourself” (stop yourself from doing whatever annoying action it is).
Thus, a person is ‘restrained’ from doing something either by force, by contract
By itself, restraint is a noun. Straps binding a prisoner are restraints. No tense applies.
The verb, ‘restrain’ (present tense) is used as an imaginary restraint/strap: “Please restrain yourself” (stop yourself from doing whatever annoying action it is).
Thus, a person is ‘restrained’ from doing something either by force, by contract
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