Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
as a general matter
English answer:
in general / generally
English term
Indonesia
Legal, Marketing, Biz, Software, Games
Native in: Indonesian (Variant: Standard-Indonesia) 
Works in: English to Indonesian, Indonesian to English
a general matter
This is a purposely narrow definition because, as a general matter, commercial speech is a less protected form of expression under the First Amendment...
Can matter be taken as a kind of [informal] rule? That is, a general matter = a rule of thumb?
Jun 3, 2020 06:11: GILLES MEUNIER changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"
Jun 3, 2020 10:01: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/569635">ErichEko ⟹⭐'s</a> old entry - "a general matter"" to ""generally, in general""
Jun 3, 2020 10:02: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/14723">Tony M's</a> old entry - "as a general matter"" to ""generally, in general""
Jun 3, 2020 10:02: Tony M changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/14723">Tony M's</a> old entry - "as a general matter"" to ""n general / generally""
Non-PRO (3): Tony M, Yvonne Gallagher, GILLES MEUNIER
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Responses
generally
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Note added at 5 hrs (2020-06-02 05:00:20 GMT)
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Oh I see this is EN-US, which is why it sounds a little quaint to me as a Brit.
| Thank you Tony, and yes, it should be an amateurish question. |
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