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#1 03-Jun-2010, 19:25Harsh Sentence
"Some judges give harsh sentences."
What is the difference between a harsh sentence and a hard penalty?
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#2 03-Jun-2010, 19:36Re: Harsh Sentence
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#3 03-Jun-2010, 21:15Re: Harsh Sentence
I agree with euncu :)
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#4 03-Jun-2010, 21:41Re: Harsh Sentence
What would you say to the notion that a penalty and a sentence can be very similar things.
Originally Posted by felliot
A footballer who badly flouts the rules in a game sometimes has to turn up to a tribunal. That tribunal can give him a 3 match suspension - which some might describe as a hard sentence, and others a harsh penalty.
Payment is not necessarily involved in a penalty, of course. A penalty in sport might be a free kick to other side. A player might be sentenced to 10 minutes on the bench (a colloquial use of 'sentence').
As usual, context helps.
