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"Life typically means just that - it's not some shorthand for a term of imprisonment." Can you show me an actual statistics on what percentage of "X faces life
by gngeal 14y ago
"Life typically means just that - it's not some shorthand for a term of imprisonment."
Can you show me an actual statistics on what percentage of "X faces life" in English texts relates to severe criminal charges, and what percentage means something "non-sensationalist"? Because as a non-native speaker, I've always seen it in the former context.
- detritus 14y agoeh? It's all about context, isn't it? ‘Life after x’ never refers to a life sentence—neither I nor anyone will have a statistical reference to back them up on this assertion—it's just not needed. shrugs - ed well, i suppose 'faces life after quadruple homicide' would.
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- trhtrsh 14y agoWhere the heck would anyone find a corpus of text to study that phrase? Oh, https://www.google.com/search?q=faces+life+after https://www.google.com/search?q=faces+life+after (Incidentally, Google's de-duplication logic fails horribly on that query. 6 of the top 10 results are the same blogspam-copied story, and it's not even fresh news.)