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Re: USAGE: Persons unknown

From:<li_sasxsek@...>
Date:Friday, March 16, 2007, 14:45
li [Andreas Johansson] mi tulis la

> Judging from anglophone newspapers, crimes are often > perpetrated by persons > unknown. Why not "unknown persons"?
English legal terminology contains a lot of Latin phrases and calques. The usages are mostly traditional.

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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>