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Manher Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
Was Determined
From a student handbook:
/tinymce347/%20http:/www.elmira.edu/resources/shared/pdf/academics/continuing_education/Bulletins/CE_Bulletin_2013-2014.pdf:
"The Office of Continuing Education shall maintain a list of the students for whom academic dishonesty was determined."
Is the sentence structure of the bold, italicized part legal jargon? Based on that part, does that mean the following:
"Academic dishonesty was determined for Peter."
"Immorality was determined for Peter."
"Theft was determined for Peter."
are also acceptable but weird legal jargon?
/tinymce347/%20http:/www.elmira.edu/resources/shared/pdf/academics/continuing_education/Bulletins/CE_Bulletin_2013-2014.pdf:
"The Office of Continuing Education shall maintain a list of the students for whom academic dishonesty was determined."
Is the sentence structure of the bold, italicized part legal jargon? Based on that part, does that mean the following:
"Academic dishonesty was determined for Peter."
"Immorality was determined for Peter."
"Theft was determined for Peter."
are also acceptable but weird legal jargon?
Top answer
I would not call it legal jargon. It sounds more like your typical mush-mouthed "personnel office" jargon. It does not, you notice, say who did the determining.
- I would not call it legal jargon.
- It sounds more like your typical mush-mouthed "personnel office" jargon.
- It does not, you notice, say who did the determining.
- Perhaps that fact is is another section.
- The straightforward way to say it would be something like: The Office of Continuing Education shall maintain a list of all students convicted of a charge of academic dishonesty by the Dean of Students' Committee on Academic Integrity.
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I would not call it legal jargon. It sounds more like your typical mush-mouthed "personnel office" jargon. It does not, you notice, say who did the determining. Perhaps that fact is is another section.
The straightforward way to say it would be something like:
The Office of Continuing Education shall maintain a list of all students convicted of a charge of academic dishonesty by the Dean
The straightforward way to say it would be something like:
The Office of Continuing Education shall maintain a list of all students convicted of a charge of academic dishonesty by the Dean
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