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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

What does 'on' here mean?

She was arrested on a trumped-up charge.
  

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English uses "on" for that, that's all. You get arrested on a charge of whatever.

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  • English uses "on" for that, that's all.
  • You get arrested on a charge of whatever.
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English uses "on" for that, that's all. You get arrested on a charge of whatever.
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She was arrested because she had made a false accusation against an innocent person?
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contrapositionShe was arrested because she had made a false accusation against an innocent person?
No. She was arrested on a charge. The charge had been trumped up. The authorities falsely accused her of a crime, and she was arrested for that crime. She was the innocent person.
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