Third party/ hand over

bieasy · Mar 10, 2013

Hi,

Is the following sentence understandable?

"That corrupted lawyer might hand over the archives to a third party"

Grumpy · Mar 10, 2013

It's not really a complete sentence. Apart from that, it would be more usual to use "corrupt", rather than corrupted", unless you were referring to a lawyer who had just been corrupted, and you wished to emphasise this.

billmcd · Mar 11, 2013

Grumpy said:
It's not really a complete sentence. Apart from that, it would be more usual to use "corrupt", rather than corrupted", unless you were referring to a lawyer who had just been corrupted, and you wished to emphasise this.

I agree with your comment on the use of "corrupted" vs. "corrupt". But why do you feel that it is not a complete sentence? Perhaps you don't see that "that" refers or could refer to a specific lawyer, as in "that one" as opposed to "another one".

emsr2d2 · Mar 11, 2013

It's understandable as a sentence if it's in response to something like "What do you think might happen in the court case?" or "What's the worst thing that could happen to the papers in those archives?"

Grumpy · Mar 11, 2013

Bill and Ems
You are both absolutely right, of course. I can plead only old age and staying up too late.....

billmcd · Mar 11, 2013

emsr2d2 said:
It's understandable as a sentence if it's in response to something like "What do you think might happen in the court case?" or "What's the worst thing that could happen to the papers in those archives?"

Yes, as a conjunctive function word too, but I think an article is necessary as in "That the/a corrupted lawyer......"

emsr2d2 · Mar 11, 2013

billmcd said:
Yes, as a conjunctive function word too, but I think an article is necessary as in "That the/a corrupted lawyer......"

I was using "that" to identify a specific corrupt lawyer who is already known to both parties.

That man over there just stole my cake!
That corrupt lawyer might pass over the papers
That car nearly ran me over.
That girl who reads the news has very strange hair.

billmcd · Mar 11, 2013

emsr2d2 said:
I was using "that" to identify a specific corrupt lawyer who is already known to both parties.

That man over there just stole my cake!
That corrupt lawyer might pass over the papers
That car nearly ran me over.
That girl who reads the news has very strange hair.

OK. That (there it is again! :shock was as in my original response.

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