| Topic: | Re:Re:Re:Bookies, Ealing Road 16.1.19 | |
| Posted by: | Felicity Caborn | |
| Date/Time: | 18/01/19 15:32:00 |
| My recollection of the very dull guides I had to read on this many years ago is that you can refer to anyone as a robber or a suspect before an arrest has been made and they have been named but it is always 'a suspect' or 'the accused' afterwards. In this instance the usage is arguably wrong because if you are describing an unnamed person in an act of committing a crime they are not a suspect but the perpetrator. |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Bookies, Ealing Road 16.1.19 | 17/01/19 14:13:00 | Anne England |
| Re:Bookies, Ealing Road 16.1.19 | 18/01/19 09:24:00 | David Squire |
| Re:Re:Bookies, Ealing Road 16.1.19 | 18/01/19 13:27:00 | Bryan Betts |
| Re:Re:Re:Bookies, Ealing Road 16.1.19 | 18/01/19 15:32:00 | Felicity Caborn |