An English lesson, brought to you by Don.
al-leged: adj
Represented as existing or as being as described but not so proved; supposed.
A bad example:
Once again, news reporters and writers have got it wrong. Sorry, not alleged, or supposed, she did it, there were witnesses.
Don: 2, Media punks: 0.
October 4th, 2004 at 1:07 pm
Well, legally they have to refer to the slasher as the ‘alleged slasher’ until such time as she is convicted in a court of law (as opposed to a tennis court).
She might be found not guilty, you know. Which means she didn’t do it, no matter how many people saw her doing it.
Reality is weird.