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Old 09-04-2012, 04:22 AM   #1
sykanaxer

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Salaamu alaiykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu,

Firstly, I would like to say Eid Mubarak and I pray this is a beginning of a change within us to have more taqwa.

I apologize if this is the wrong section but I am trying to get my head around a certain sentence which I read in the Guardian:

"Under our system of government these are matters for parliament to decide, representing society as a whole, after parliamentary scrutiny, and not for the court on the facts of an individual case or cases."

Shouldn't there be a comma after government, as what is before it is a dependent clause?

Also, the part that says

", representing society as a whole, after parliamentary scrutiny,"

is meant to imply what? Is it meant to imply that the parliament represents society as a whole after they do their parliamentary scrutiny?

Finally, the part

"and not for the court on the facts of an individual case or cases."

is there not suppose to be a comma after court as the sentence that follows apply to not only the court but the parliament?

Jazakallahu khaiyrun
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Old 09-04-2012, 04:22 AM   #2
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Salaamu alaiykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuhu,

Firstly, I would like to say Eid Mubarak and I pray this is a beginning of a change within us to have more taqwa.

I apologize if this is the wrong section but I am trying to get my head around a certain sentence which I read in the Guardian:

"Under our system of government these are matters for parliament to decide, representing society as a whole, after parliamentary scrutiny, and not for the court on the facts of an individual case or cases."

Shouldn't there be a comma after government, as what is before it is a dependent clause?
no. because this would necessitate that the comma before representing should be removed.
Also, the part that says

", representing society as a whole, after parliamentary scrutiny,"

is meant to imply what? Is it meant to imply that the parliament represents society as a whole after they do their parliamentary scrutiny?
it means these are matters to be decided by the parliement which respresents society as a whole and decides via scrutiny. i think the scrutiny part should have been under brackets.
Finally, the part

"and not for the court on the facts of an individual case or cases."

is there not suppose to be a comma after court as the sentence that follows apply to not only the court but the parliament?

Jazakallahu khaiyrun
here is what i think the correct punctuation and grammar should be:

Under our system of government these are matters for parliament to decide (after parliamentary scrutiny), representing society as a whole, and not for the court on the facts of an individual case or cases.
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Old 09-04-2012, 04:22 AM   #3
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Jazakallahu khaiyrun katheeran.
May Allah increase you in beneficial knowledge of both the dunya and deen. That explanation was better than what I would've expected from an english grammar forum.
Salaamu alaiykum wa rahmatullah.
BTW your signature is awesome mashallah.
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Old 09-04-2012, 04:22 AM   #4
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Jazakallahu khaiyrun katheeran.
May Allah increase you in beneficial knowledge of both the dunya and deen. That explanation was better than what I would've expected from an english grammar forum.
Salaamu alaiykum wa rahmatullah.
BTW your signature is awesome mashallah.

Jazak Allah for the kind words.
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