Name: English Tutor Nick P Adverb Phrase (8) Scot Free
Uploaded: 2019-05-16T15:07:39.000Z
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Adverb Phrase eight. The adverb phrase

today is scot-free.  Okay. Let's take a look at the note. If

someone gets off scot-free,  he or she gets off without any punishment or

injury. So they get off with no punishment at all. All right. Let's continue

here. Some people think this term was related to a famous slave called Dred

Scott who had famous law cases going all the way to the Supreme Court to fight

for his freedom. So some people think this is where the origin may have come

from. In 1857 he lost the case but was eventually given freedom by his owners.

So it does sound a little bit like that,  scot-free. Even though the spelling

is different scot-free only has one T and Dred Scott actually had two T's in

his name. Well let's continue here.  However others say this is not the

origin. It is believed to come from a Scandinavian term called 'scat'

which meant tax. Eventually 'scat ' became scot. Getting off scot-free meant

getting off without having to pay the tax. So if you got it without paying tax

he got off with like no punishment or no harm at all. Basically anyway,  let's,

let's give a couple of examples here of the way we use it today.

Even though that celebrity was accused of murder,  the evidence was not strong

enough... You know,  and he probably had some good lawyers. He ended up getting off

scot-free. So he got off with no punishment at all. Okay or number two

here. Because he had high connections he made a phone call and soon after the

judge dropped the charges. He was able to get off scot free. So we had high

connections. He knew somebody very powerful who made a phone call probably

to the judge. And then somehow the judge dropped the charges and this guy he got

off scot-free. No punishment at all.  Okay good. Anyway,  I hope you got it.  I

hope it's clear. Thank you for your time.  Bye-bye.

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English Tutor Nick P Adverb Phrase (8) Scot Free

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