Timeline for What does 'as of a law' mean here?
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| Jan 14, 2023 at 9:03 | vote | accept | Michael | ||
| Jan 10, 2023 at 1:04 | answer | added | David Siegel | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 16:34 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | Adverbial as of a law (EQV like a law, in the same way as a law) refers back to have [enough power], not compel [obedience]. Note that this isn't a matter of syntax - it's a matter of pragmatics (that's the interpretation that makes most sense). Syntactically speaking, by default we assume an adverbial element like this refers back to the nearest preceding credible verb. But compel just isn't a very credible candidate here. | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 16:25 | comment | added | FumbleFingers | @KateBunting: haha - ref my previous comment to you, I just spent several seconds trying to think of a succinct way of explaining that this extremely "clipped" form is only likely to occur in special contexts like dictionary definitions. That was before I scrolled down to see your comment here. Dictionarese does it for me! :) | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 15:54 | comment | added | Kate Bunting | It means the former. It's 'dictionary-ese' for as used to describe a law. | |
| Jan 9, 2023 at 15:31 | history | asked | Michael | CC BY-SA 4.0 |