Tuesday 5 June 2012

Between needs and

The crime story below contains a few mistakes.

AsiaOne - 4 June 2012
The preposition between is used with and, not to: Between May 17 and 21.

The verb convicted is followed by of, not for: convicted of the offence.

In the next highlighted text in purple, the two clauses joined by or are unequal i.e. "shall be punished with a fine not exceeding $2,000" is a verb phrase and "to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years" is a prepositional phrase. One possible rephrase is: A person convicted of the offence faces a fine not exceeding $2,000 or a jail term not exceeding three years.

The phrase exceeding to 3 years seems wrong with to: exceeding three years.

The last bit in green is problematic. I would rephrase it as: shall be liable to caning, subject to Criminal Procedure Code 2010. The phrasal verb subjected to is often used in the passive: The victim was subjected to torture both mentally and physically.

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