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Mike2015 Posted 11 years ago
Vocabulary
retain the right
Hi,
Would you please help me dispel this confusion about "retain"?
According to Cambridge Dic; to ?keep or ?continue to have something:
In the TV show (how I met your mother)
Ted and Barney get arrested by airport security and their friend Marshall tells them;
Marshall: You're both American citizens, don't let them pull any patriot-act voodoo.
You both retain the right to refuse to answer any questions without an attorney presence.
Why didn't he use" Have"? Is there any difference?
Much obliged in advance.
Would you please help me dispel this confusion about "retain"?
According to Cambridge Dic; to ?keep or ?continue to have something:
In the TV show (how I met your mother)
Ted and Barney get arrested by airport security and their friend Marshall tells them;
Marshall: You're both American citizens, don't let them pull any patriot-act voodoo.
You both retain the right to refuse to answer any questions without an attorney presence.
Why didn't he use" Have"? Is there any difference?
Much obliged in advance.
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Hi I think that is because "retain" means hold on to something that you might otherwise lose or discard: - Please have your ticket ready - Please retain your ticket [= don't throw it away after we've seen it] I'm UK, not US, but my understanding of the Patriot Act 2001 is that you lose rights that, as an American citizen, you thought you couldn't lose. So it is no longer a question of Ted and Barney having those rights; it's a question of whether they retain them Dave
- Hi I think that is because "retain" means hold on to something that you might otherwise lose or discard: - Please have your ticket ready - Please retain your ticket [= don't throw it away after we've seen it] I'm UK, not US, but my understanding of the Patriot Act 2001 is that you lose rights that, as an American citizen, you thought you couldn't lose.
- So it is no longer a question of Ted and Barney having those rights; it's a question of whether they retain them Dave
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Hi
I think that is because "retain" means hold on to something that you might otherwise lose or discard:
- Please have your ticket ready
- Please retain your ticket
[= don't throw it away after we've seen it]
I'm UK, not US, but my understanding of the Patriot Act 2001 is that you lose rights that, as an American citizen, you thought you couldn't lose. So i
I think that is because "retain" means hold on to something that you might otherwise lose or discard:
- Please have your ticket ready
- Please retain your ticket
[= don't throw it away after we've seen it]
I'm UK, not US, but my understanding of the Patriot Act 2001 is that you lose rights that, as an American citizen, you thought you couldn't lose. So i
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Hi
I'll do my best
If you get on a train, you may think "Good, I have my ticket". After a while, you may think "I must retain my ticket" in case the official wants to see it later. So "have" just means you have it. "Retain" means that you hold on to it because it's important and you may need it later
It's the same with your rights in law. Walking along the street, yo
I'll do my best
If you get on a train, you may think "Good, I have my ticket". After a while, you may think "I must retain my ticket" in case the official wants to see it later. So "have" just means you have it. "Retain" means that you hold on to it because it's important and you may need it later
It's the same with your rights in law. Walking along the street, yo
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