Sentient Loom@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoTFW you think you got away with it for 137 years but then the cops come knockinsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1182arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1180arrow-down1imageTFW you think you got away with it for 137 years but then the cops come knockinsh.itjust.worksSentient Loom@sh.itjust.works to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square19fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareBlemboTheThirdlinkfedilinkarrow-up30arrow-down1·5 days agoJust to be pedantic, the “let alone” turn of phrase is meant to imply that the second thing has a higher standard. So in this case it should be corrected to “this wouldn’t hold up in a Victorian age court, let alone a modern one.”
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·5 days agoVictorian courts have a higher standard because they didn’t allow DNA evidence
Just to be pedantic, the “let alone” turn of phrase is meant to imply that the second thing has a higher standard. So in this case it should be corrected to “this wouldn’t hold up in a Victorian age court, let alone a modern one.”
Victorian courts have a higher standard because they didn’t allow DNA evidence