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fair judgement vs. fair trial Sat Mar 10, 2007 12:32 pm  fair judgement vs. fair trial
 

Common Errors in English, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #3 "The audience went wild", question 6

In a democratic country it is absolutely essential that anyone who is suspected of having committed a crime should be given a fair process.

(a) essential
(b) suspected
(c) committed
(d) process

Common Errors in English, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #3 "The audience went wild", answer 6

In a democratic country it is absolutely essential that anyone who is suspected of having committed a crime should be given a fair trial.

Correct entry: trial
The error was: (d) process

You have found the error but your entry is incorrect.
In a democratic country it is absolutely essential that anyone who is suspected of having committed a crime should be given a fair judgement.
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why not judgement?

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fair judgement vs. fair trial Sat Mar 10, 2007 16:40 pm  fair judgement vs. fair trial
 

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Judgements are not necessarily fair-- they can be harsh or lenient-- but the trial that precedes the judgment should be fair.
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fair judgement vs. fair trial Thu Mar 06, 2008 5:05 am  fair judgement vs. fair trial
 

lost_soul wrote:
Common Errors in English, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #3 "The audience went wild", question 6

In a democratic country it is absolutely essential that anyone who is suspected of having committed a crime should be given a fair process.

(a) essential
(b) suspected
(c) committed
(d) process

Common Errors in English, Advanced Level

ESL/EFL Test #3 "The audience went wild", answer 6

In a democratic country it is absolutely essential that anyone who is suspected of having committed a crime should be given a fair trial.

Correct entry: trial
The error was: (d) process

You have found the error but your entry is incorrect.
In a democratic country it is absolutely essential that anyone who is suspected of having committed a crime should be given a fair judgement.
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why not judgement?

thanks

can i use punishment? since the i think they deserve it.
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fair judgement vs. fair trial Thu Mar 06, 2008 8:25 am  fair judgement vs. fair trial
 

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Absolutely not, nerd! The person in the question is only a suspect. The trial precedes the verdict (except for the Knave of Hearts, of course).
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fair judgement vs. fair trial Thu Mar 06, 2008 9:59 am  fair judgement vs. fair trial
 

Hi, MM

But from grammatical point of view, is the sentence In a democratic country it is absolutely essential that anyone who is suspected of having committed a crime should be given a fair punishment right?

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fair judgement vs. fair trial Thu Mar 06, 2008 11:26 am  fair judgement vs. fair trial
 

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There is no point in commenting on the grammaticality of a sentence which is semantically meaningless, Alex. Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.
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fair judgement vs. fair trial Thu Mar 06, 2008 13:43 pm  fair judgement vs. fair trial
 

Furiously sleep ideas green colorless. Laughing

Hi Alex

If you what you actually wanted to know was whether it is generally possible to say 'a punishment', the answer is yes. The word punishment has both countable and uncountable usages.
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fair judgement vs. fair trial Fri Mar 07, 2008 16:32 pm  fair judgement vs. fair trial
 

Ah, great minds think alike:

Amy wrote:
In the case of (2.), that is not a good way to learn a language or the "rules" of a language. Language is more than rules. Language has to mean something. It is not hard to write perfectly grammatical sentences which mean absolutely nothing at all. A well-known example (from linguist N. Chomsky) is:

"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously."

This sentence means absolutely nothing although it follows all grammar rules .)
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fair judgement vs. fair trial Fri Mar 07, 2008 17:51 pm  fair judgement vs. fair trial
 

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