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- Using the words post facto - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
How to use the term "post facto" in a sentence? There is an oversight to our standard procedure of seeking approval to process some invoices I am sending a reminder to concerned about the process and telling them that I will seek post facto approval for this instance but in future all procedures must be followed
- Why use ex post facto when post facto means the same thing?
Ex post facto: from or by subsequent action; subsequently; retrospectively; retroactively Word Origin: from Latin ex (from); + post (afterwards) + factus (done), from facere to do; Ex post facto: (Etymonline): from Medieval Latin ex postfacto, "from what is done afterwards " From facto, ablative of factum "deed, act"
- Prospective means future-looking, retrospective means past-looking . . .
To cover both the past-time and present-time cases, you could say that the grants are approved (or awarded) ex post facto As Merriam-Webster explains, "approval for a project that's given ex post facto" means approval given "after the project already has been begun or completed "
- What is the difference between fate and fait accompli?
I could just mention the lines, but it is unpublished and therefore, did not want to post it yet I kept the question broad very intentionally so that I could see what comes to the mind of the people as the first sense of these words, but did not expect negative comments without an attempt of an answer, especially when I cannot respond to the
- Whats exactly the difference between per se and ipso facto?
The term ipso facto implies a causality, one thing being named having another thing as a necessary consequence due to the first thing's existence "The goods were found in his possession, ipso facto he was involved in some way " (Bad example but I cannot come up with a better one right now ) Lacking context, I would label this term "judicial
- Does the term garbledy gook have racist origins?
This question was asked in June 2012—before there was a "show research" requirement on this site I think it is a mistake to impose ex post facto requirements on questions like this one, (which I believe has been open for the past nine years until today), and I think it should be reopened –
- Eo ipso vs Ipso facto - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
"Eo ipso", meaning "in itself", has a greater implication than "ipso facto" Eo ipso implies a state without external influence, as a noumenon Ipso facto implies a state dependent on external influence, as a phenomenon I'm using Kantian language here, because the concept of eo ipso is most obviously similar to the Kantian noumenon
- Wasnt vs werent - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
@Robusto: I guess I’m just not quite convinced that “the subjunctive is used for doubt and counterfactuals” has ever been a real rule of English grammar, rather than just a valiant post-facto attempt to rationalise the motley collection of situations in which we retain the subjunctive –
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