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Kook j Posted 15 years ago
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Hi.
I have a question about the sentence below.
In her conversations with clubbers and pubbers in north-west England, Ms Measham says, almost no one knows anyone who has been caught, still less processed by the police:"in places it amounts to informal decriminalisation."
Does the underlined sentence mean almost everyone who has been caught is processed by the police?
Thank you very much in advance.
I have a question about the sentence below.
In her conversations with clubbers and pubbers in north-west England, Ms Measham says, almost no one knows anyone who has been caught, still less processed by the police:"in places it amounts to informal decriminalisation."
Does the underlined sentence mean almost everyone who has been caught is processed by the police?
Thank you very much in advance.
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kook j Does the underlined sentence mean almost everyone who has been caught is processed by the police ? No. Quite the contrary.
- kook j Does the underlined sentence mean almost everyone who has been caught is processed by the police ?
- No.
- Quite the contrary.
- Extremely few people know anyone who has been caught, and even fewer people know anyone who has been both caught and processed by the police.
- So it seems the police are not bothering to catch and process people.
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kook jDoes the underlined sentence mean almost everyone who has been caught is processed by the police?No. Quite the contrary.
Extremely few people know anyone who has been caught, and even fewer people know anyone who has been both caught and processed by the police.
So it seems the police are not bothering to catch and process peop
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Thank you a lot. Reading the other parts of the context they are written, I've been confused with the sentence above. You brushed the doubts off!
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