Comments on: Let’s Just Prosecute to the FULL extent of the Law.

By: Steven Erickson

Steven Erickson — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:10:52 +0000

I don’t care about the law. There are ONLY two states of fullness. Either something is full or it is less than full. That makes the word full an absolute like “unique” or “perfect”. There is no such word as fullest.

By: George Craig

George Craig — Sun, 02 May 2010 05:14:09 +0000

“On a daily basis” may have originated from school teachers’ assignments to write “a hundred words on (my favorite topic).”
The teachers assignment becomes obscured by the student who is more concerned with how to fill up the paper with lots of words. There are always ways to string together unnecessary words. 45 years ago I read an article entitled “How To Write Like a Social Scientist.” I have forgotten the authors name but still recall his example: “Available evidence tends to indicate that it would not be unreasonable to suppose” instead of “Probably.”

By: Rod

Rod — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:47:03 +0000

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

Dwain Wilder — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:26:34 +0000

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

Peter Moss — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 13:08:41 +0000

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!