Alan Watson scripsit:
> I would suggest "Implementations must check these restrictions AT LEAST
> to the extent that ...".
>
> The American English speakers on the list, along with their Congress and
> Supreme Court, might disagree. :-)
Nope, that is impeccable en-US in both syntax and semantics. As for
legalese, any canons of statutory interpretation that allow "and" and
"or" to be interchangeable ad libitum (true both in the U.S. and the
U.K.) obviously give a great deal of scope for Humpty-Dumptyism.
--
John Cowan cowan at ccil.org http://ccil.org/~cowan
I come from under the hill, and under the hills and over the hills my paths
led. And through the air. I am he that walks unseen. I am the clue-finder,
the web-cutter, the stinging fly. I was chosen for the lucky number. --Bilbo
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