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Manher Posted 13 years ago
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Was Determined
From a student handbook:
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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?
Link:
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
Legal jargon can be strange. But this just seems to me like poor English. We don't determine dishonesty for someone.
- Legal jargon can be strange.
- But this just seems to me like poor English.
- We don't determine dishonesty for someone.
- We determine that someone is dishonest.
- Your 3 alternatives are also poor English.
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Legal jargon can be strange. But this just seems to me like poor English.
We don't determine dishonesty for someone. We determine that someone is dishonest.
Your 3 alternatives are also poor English.
Clive
We don't determine dishonesty for someone. We determine that someone is dishonest.
Your 3 alternatives are also poor English.
Clive
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