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Interventizio Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

"to establish a right"

Can a law "establish a right"? Here an example: "Your honour, I appealt to law 23.., which at the article ..., paragraph.... ESTABLISHES THE RIGHT of public protest etc." (this sentence is made up).
Another question: are "the right OF" and "the right TO" both acceptable?
  

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establishes the right to public protest. -- This sounds more natural to me.

  • establishes the right to public protest.
  • -- This sounds more natural to me.
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..establishes the right to public protest. -- This sounds more natural to me.
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Hi,

Can a law "establish a right"? Here an example: "Your honour, I appealt to law 23.., which at the article ..., paragraph.... ESTABLISHES THE RIGHT of public protest etc." (this sentence is made up). Seems fine to me.
Another question: are "the right OF" and "the right TO" both acceptable?

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