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Inchoateknowledge Posted 20 years ago
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"'presume' implies that whatever is taken for granted is entitled to belief until disproved"
What does this sentence mean.
I just can not put my head around it.
What does this sentence mean.
I just can not put my head around it.
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com/topic/take-for-granted you're presumed innocent: one believes in the truth of the assertion that you're innocent until the contrary assertion is proven (in a court of law) Every man is to be presumed innocent till he is proved to be guilty. --Blackstone. word=Presumed
- com/topic/take-for-granted you're presumed innocent: one believes in the truth of the assertion that you're innocent until the contrary assertion is proven (in a court of law) Every man is to be presumed innocent till he is proved to be guilty.
- --Blackstone.
- word=Presumed
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I guess you need 1 here:
http://www.answers.com/topic/take-for-granted
you're presumed innocent: one believes in the truth of the assertion that you're innocent until the contrary assertion is proven (in a court of law)
Every man is to be presumed innocent till he is proved to
http://www.answers.com/topic/take-for-granted
you're presumed innocent: one believes in the truth of the assertion that you're innocent until the contrary assertion is proven (in a court of law)
Every man is to be presumed innocent till he is proved to
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Hi,
you're presumed innocent: one believes in the truth of the assertion that you are you're innocent until the contrary assertion is proven (in a court of law)
True, but . . . interestingly, the jury's verdict is not worded as 'innocent', but instead as 'not guilty'. This seems to me to suggest a subtle distinction. (eg
you're presumed innocent: one believes in the truth of the assertion that you are you're innocent until the contrary assertion is proven (in a court of law)
True, but . . . interestingly, the jury's verdict is not worded as 'innocent', but instead as 'not guilty'. This seems to me to suggest a subtle distinction. (eg
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And how could I forget one of the most famous "quotable quotes" using the word "presume"
"Dr. Livingstone, I presume..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone
"Dr. Livingstone, I presume..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Livingstone
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Hi,
For a little light relief, try this joke/riddle.
If Livingstone's answer is DR.LIVINGSTONE I PRESUME, what was the question?
[If you can't work out the answer, I'll tell you.]
Best wishes, Clive
For a little light relief, try this joke/riddle.
If Livingstone's answer is DR.LIVINGSTONE I PRESUME, what was the question?
[If you can't work out the answer, I'll tell you.]
Best wishes, Clive
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"I just can not put my head around it."
This means you are having a hard time accepting "it".
But the phrase is usually: "I just can't get my head around it." But I guess they mean more or less the same thing.
This means you are having a hard time accepting "it".
But the phrase is usually: "I just can't get my head around it." But I guess they mean more or less the same thing.
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"I just can not put my head around it."
It means I can not understand it. Get should be substituted for put, mind.
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>entitled to belief until disproved
it has the right to be believed until disproved
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=25888&dict=CALD
it has the right to be believed until disproved
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=25888&dict=CALD
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