Literary notes about Admissible (AI summary)
The word "admissible" is employed in literature to denote conditions, interpretations, or candidates that meet a particular standard of acceptability, whether in legal, narrative, technical, or aesthetic contexts. In legal and formal writings, for instance, it describes criteria that qualify claims or candidates as acceptable ([1], [2], [3], [4]). In literary analyses and narrative works, authors use the term to demarcate what is stylistically or historically fitting—for example, determining if a style appropriately mirrors historical narrative ([5]) or marking a word as unsuitable for a particular prose context ([6]). Meanwhile, in more technical or methodologically rigorous texts, "admissible" appears in discussions ranging from mathematical sequences ([7]) to tactical choices in military strategy ([8], [9]). This varied usage is further highlighted by discussions on moral implications and logical defenses in philosophical debates ([10], [11]), as well as by even noting spelling corrections in etiquette manuals to maintain precision ([12], [13]). Collectively, these examples illustrate that "admissible" functions as a versatile evaluative term across different literary genres, always serving to mark the boundary between what is considered acceptable and what is not.
- Divorce is admissible, when the grounds for it are sufficient.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston - Even when there is the greatest demand for admissible candidates, the standard of admission has not, we are told, been much reduced.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - General considerations on the degree of extension admissible in the armament of coasts.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - Number declared admissible to the Second Examination.
— from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson - If it be admissible even in a novel, it must be one in the manner of De Foe's, that were meant to pass for histories, not in the manner of Fielding's:
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - An instance of a purely poetical word, not admissible in prose.
— from The Lady of the Lake by Walter Scott - We must always play from left to right, and numbers in decreasing arithmetical progression (such as 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4) are not admissible.
— from Amusements in Mathematics by Henry Ernest Dudeney - retreats, when admissible, 239 .
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - [31] There are two cases in which divergent retreats are admissible, and then only as a last resource.
— from The Art of War by baron de Antoine Henri Jomini - that a different view of hedonistic systems is admissible.
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick - it must surely be admissible to ask the Egoist, ‘Why should I sacrifice a present pleasure for a greater one in the future?
— from The Methods of Ethics by Henry Sidgwick - The following changes were made to the text: p. 31 : admissable to admissible (black lace mittens are admissible)
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness by Florence Hartley - The following changes were made to the text: p. 31 : admissable to admissible (black lace mittens are admissible)
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness by Florence Hartley
