Comments on: Let’s Just Prosecute to the FULL extent of the Law. http://www.dailywritingtips.com/lets-just-prosecute-to-the-full-extent-of-the-law/ Sun, 21 Mar 2010 20:36:00 -0500 hourly 1 By: Rod http://www.dailywritingtips.com/lets-just-prosecute-to-the-full-extent-of-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-167737 Rod Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:47:03 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2751#comment-167737 Well I think that daily refers to every day but on a daily basis implies custom and commitment to the fulllest extent of the word Well I think that daily refers to every day but on a daily basis implies custom and commitment to the fulllest extent of the word

]]> By: Dwain Wilder http://www.dailywritingtips.com/lets-just-prosecute-to-the-full-extent-of-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-162624 Dwain Wilder Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:26:34 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2751#comment-162624 Well. Hhmmpfh! The extent of the law is emphatically not set, in practice. There are lots of examples of disenfranchised poor folk getting the judge's hammer and maximum hard time, while the criminals in white collars and tailored suits are given lighter sentences to be served in Club Fed. Like I say, "Hhmmpfh!" Dwain Well. Hhmmpfh! The extent of the law is emphatically not set, in practice. There are lots of examples of disenfranchised poor folk getting the judge’s hammer and maximum hard time, while the criminals in white collars and tailored suits are given lighter sentences to be served in Club Fed. Like I say, “Hhmmpfh!”

Dwain

]]> By: Peter Moss http://www.dailywritingtips.com/lets-just-prosecute-to-the-full-extent-of-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-162617 Peter Moss Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:08:41 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2751#comment-162617 And, in a similar vein, why do so many people need to use the phrase "on a daily basis" when "daily" by itself is quite adequate? So "I wash my hair daily" becomes "I wash my hair on a daily basis". Grrrrr! And, in a similar vein, why do so many people need to use the phrase “on a daily basis” when “daily” by itself is quite adequate?

So “I wash my hair daily” becomes “I wash my hair on a daily basis”. Grrrrr!

]]> By: alon http://www.dailywritingtips.com/lets-just-prosecute-to-the-full-extent-of-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-162614 alon Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:55:40 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2751#comment-162614 I was wondering whether the law is, as argued, determinate, and whether its "extent" is really is set. Isn't the extent to which law can be used (e.g. for procession) also depend upon external factors? Since I'm in the middle of a working day I can only offer brief (and unfortunately shallow) examples for such external factors - but those may be for example health, status, wealth, education, and so forth - of either persecutor or defendant, those can be the political state (in politically sensitive situations), interests of the public (and ways in which those can be manipulated), and so on. Therefore, I believe that while those meanings were probably not in the mind of those who uses "the fullest extent of the law", it may not be such a bad phrase after all. One may even want to consider "fullest extents of the law", as law may have different faces and aspects :) I was wondering whether the law is, as argued, determinate, and whether its “extent” is really is set. Isn’t the extent to which law can be used (e.g. for procession) also depend upon external factors?
Since I’m in the middle of a working day I can only offer brief (and unfortunately shallow) examples for such external factors – but those may be for example health, status, wealth, education, and so forth – of either persecutor or defendant, those can be the political state (in politically sensitive situations), interests of the public (and ways in which those can be manipulated), and so on.
Therefore, I believe that while those meanings were probably not in the mind of those who uses “the fullest extent of the law”, it may not be such a bad phrase after all.
One may even want to consider “fullest extents of the law”, as law may have different faces and aspects :)

]]> By: jade1977 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/lets-just-prosecute-to-the-full-extent-of-the-law/comment-page-1/#comment-162585 jade1977 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:23:11 +0000 http://www.dailywritingtips.com/?p=2751#comment-162585 As a paralegal, I can tell you that the extent of the law is not exactly set. I agree it should be full extent; however, since attorneys are able to kind of mix and match charges, the extent is not limited. Maybe this is where it started? As a paralegal, I can tell you that the extent of the law is not exactly set. I agree it should be full extent; however, since attorneys are able to kind of mix and match charges, the extent is not limited. Maybe this is where it started?

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