Does this sentence make sense

by constant

Posted: 14 years ago 12 replies

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Next time a crime acquires we should be more incontrovertible

grayambition 14 years ago

Sounds like it came straight from a spinner.

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HeySal 14 years ago

Try this:

In further manifestations of crimes, we should question the reasons for their occurrences.
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DavidGeno 14 years ago

English isn't my first language but I can say it doesn't sound right. I think "acquires" should be "acquired."
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- HeySal 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by DavidGeno
  
  English isn't my first language but I can say it doesn't sound right. I think "acquires" should be "acquired."
  
  The word in either form is incorrect. It's a faulty synonym created by a mechanical piece of software - crimes are not acquired - they are manifested.
  
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  Killer Joe 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by HeySal
  
  The word in either form is incorrect. It's a faulty synonym created by a mechanical piece of software - crimes are not acquired - they are manifested.
  
  Sal, you lost me on that one...crimes are commited.
  
  Manifested means the past tense of "to make evident or certain by showing or displaying".
  
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  HeySal 14 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Killer Joe
  
  Sal, you lost me on that one...crimes are commited.
  
  Manifested means the past tense of "to make evident or certain by showing or displaying".
  
  KJ
  
  Yeah KJ, I didn't explain that well at all. Crimes are committed - they Manifest consequences - which is what his original sentences was trying to say - "acquire" is a proper synonym for manifest in some cases of contextual usage: however, in that context both the connotation and denotation of the word "acquire" is off just enough from the base focal conjoining semantic import of the word "manifest" to make the word "acquire" nonsensical within the context in which it was used.
  
  When considering synonyms one must consider connotative as well as denotative meaning.
  
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ina696 14 years ago

Sounds like something Norm Crosby would say. LOL. Now I'm showing my age!

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mwashington 14 years ago

Originally Posted by constant

Next time a crime acquires we should be more incontrovertible

Sounds like a poor spinning of a sentence that did mean something at one time.
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seasoned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by constant

Next time a crime acquires we should be more incontrovertible

I THINK they MIGHT be trying to say that the next time a crime OCCURS that they should make sure the EVIDENCE is incontrovertible.

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HeySal 14 years ago

That's a possibility, too. Nonsense kind of makes a statement open to all sorts of interpretations.
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