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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
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were denied the right to vote
Women were then denied the right to vote.
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Is it the above equal to "Women didn't have the to vote then," which is our common way of expressing the idea in it? Thanks.
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Hi,
Is it the above equal to "Women didn't have the to vote then," which is our common way of expressing the idea in it? Thanks.
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Is the above equal to "Women didn't have the right to vote then"? -- Yes, probably, but without further context, the original could also mean 'Women were therefore denied the right to vote '. To be denied the right to *** is the usual expression.
- Is the above equal to "Women didn't have the right to vote then"?
- -- Yes, probably, but without further context, the original could also mean 'Women were therefore denied the right to vote '.
- To be denied the right to *** is the usual expression.
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Is the above equal to "Women didn't have the right to vote then"?-- Yes, probably, but without further context, the original could also mean 'Women were therefore denied the right to vote'. To be denied the right to *** is the usual expression.
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Is the above equal to "Women didn't have the right to vote then"?-- Yes, probably, but without further context, the original could also mean 'Women were therefore denied the right to vote'. To be denied the right to *** is the usual expression.
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" Women were then denied the right to vote" is not the same as "Women didn't have the (right) to vote then". The former, depending on context, may mean that at that time (then), women were actively prevented from voting and may have been thus prevented for an unspecified time previously OR that at that moment (then), their right to vote was revoked and thus denied them, despite the fact that the
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