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in the face of
Nov 6, 2015 09:33
8 yrs ago
English term

through

Non-PRO English Social Sciences General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters
The whole sentence like this:" The principle at work in what you describe is not one of justice, since those who suffer trauma through no fault of their own can find themselves compelled to come to terms with the past just as those who deal it out."

I wonder what "through" means here?
Responses
4 +8 because of
4 via/by way of -> because of
Change log

Nov 6, 2015 11:14: writeaway changed "Field" from "Art/Literary" to "Social Sciences" , "Field (specific)" from "Linguistics" to "General / Conversation / Greetings / Letters" , "Field (write-in)" from "sentence" to "(none)"

Nov 7, 2015 02:20: Cilian O'Tuama changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

Non-PRO (3): Edith Kelly, Victoria Britten, Cilian O'Tuama

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Responses

+8
3 mins
Selected

because of

through someone's fault = because of someone's fault
through no fault of their own = not because of their own fault; for reasons other than their own fault
Peer comment(s):
agree Jack Doughty
52 mins
Thank you, Jack
agree Armorel Young : For this meaning of "through" the Oxford Dictionary has "by the agency, means or fault of".
1 hr
Thank you, Armorel
agree Edith Kelly
1 hr
Thank you, Edith
agree writeaway : English monolingual dictionaries are useful for getting this sort of explanation
1 hr
Thanks!
agree Md. Tanjimul Islam Jiban
4 hrs
agree Erzsébet Czopyk
5 hrs
agree AllegroTrans : or "due to"
7 hrs
agree bestofbest
2 days 10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thank you for help!"
5 mins

via/by way of -> because of

The meaning of "through" is the usual one of via/by way of. The suffering of trauma does not come to them by way of any fault of their own. By extension, this is understood as meaning "because of".
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