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[Servant Corps]

So who determines what words get to mean in US Law?

Hattip: Johnson, an Economist blog

[Max White]

So yea, an interesting example of people giving up their common sence, reasoning skills, and to some degree humanity, in favor of having the guide lines tell them what to do. If you can not interprate the word 'if' then you have issues.


u c wot i did thar?

[Dsarker]

On the other hand, they could be using them to prevent (prevent (third-person singular simple present prevents, present participle preventing, simple past and past participle prevented), v.
(transitive) To stop; to keep (from happening). [from 16th c.]
I brushed my teeth to prevent them from going yellow.) ) people accusing them of misinterpreting evidence.

[ed boy]

If you can not interprate the word 'if' then you have issues.

Actually, 'if' is a problematic one - in lots of cases, people use 'if' to mean 'if and only if', which can cause problems.

[Dutchling]

One of the words he looked up was “of.” He learned that it means pretty much what you think it means.

smart guy