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We know that our legal brethren delight in perverting the ordinary use of words - [[nominalisation|nominalising]] {{tag|verb}}s into {{tag|noun}}s, and so on, and the [[compound preposition]] is a neat way of co-opting {{tag|noun}}s, {{tag|conjunction}}s — all kinds — into the servile business of putting one noun in relation to another. | We know that our legal brethren delight in perverting the ordinary use of words - [[nominalisation|nominalising]] {{tag|verb}}s into {{tag|noun}}s, and so on, and the [[compound preposition]] is a neat way of co-opting {{tag|noun}}s, {{tag|conjunction}}s — all kinds — into the servile business of putting one noun in relation to another. | ||
Why, for example, exercise your rights [[under]] a {{tag|contract}} when you can do so [[in accordance with]] or [[pursuant to]] it? | Why, for example, exercise your rights “[[under]]” a {{tag|contract}} when you can do so “[[in accordance with]]” or “[[pursuant to]]” it? | ||
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Revision as of 08:46, 23 September 2016
A preposition, only more tedious, and therefore more beloved of our old friend the mediocre attorney.
We know that our legal brethren delight in perverting the ordinary use of words - nominalising verbs into nouns, and so on, and the compound preposition is a neat way of co-opting nouns, conjunctions — all kinds — into the servile business of putting one noun in relation to another.
Why, for example, exercise your rights “under” a contract when you can do so “in accordance with” or “pursuant to” it?