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Anonymous Posted 15 years ago
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To writing
Hi,
"After Goodman's arrest it is highly unlikely that executives would have committed anything incriminating to writing." [From The Independent.]
Does the "to writing", here, mean that after the arrest the executives didn't write anything which could have implicated them criminally?
Thank you.
"After Goodman's arrest it is highly unlikely that executives would have committed anything incriminating to writing." [From The Independent.]
Does the "to writing", here, mean that after the arrest the executives didn't write anything which could have implicated them criminally?
Thank you.
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] Does the "to writing", here, mean that after the arrest the executives didn't write anything which could have implicated them criminally? That's the idea. If I commit something to writing, it means that iIwrite it down.
- ] Does the "to writing", here, mean that after the arrest the executives didn't write anything which could have implicated them criminally?
- That's the idea.
- If I commit something to writing, it means that iIwrite it down.
- But the sentence doesn't mean that they didn't.
- It means that they probably didn't.
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Hi,
"After Goodman's arrest it is highly unlikely that executives would have committed anything incriminating to writing." [From The Independent.]
Does the "to writing", here, mean that after the arrest the executives didn't write anything which could have implicated them criminally? That's the idea. If I commit something to writing, it means that iIw
"After Goodman's arrest it is highly unlikely that executives would have committed anything incriminating to writing." [From The Independent.]
Does the "to writing", here, mean that after the arrest the executives didn't write anything which could have implicated them criminally? That's the idea. If I commit something to writing, it means that iIw
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