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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a owes" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to express a debt or obligation, but it requires additional context or modification to be grammatically correct.
Example: "John owes me a favor."
Alternatives: "a is indebted" or "a has a debt".
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Hare offers a simple scenario (1963: 90 1): suppose that A owes money to B, who owes money to C, and that the law allows creditors to exact their debts by putting their debtors into prison.
So we may think that A owes B more than $5/hour … even if they agree on that wage.
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For example, say a company owes a small business $5,000.
But as it turns out, "A K A" owes less to Highsmith than to Mr. Roy's own life.
A man owes three lives".
A septuagenarian owes his audience nothing more.
He especially owes a lot to Castillo-Chavez.
Pfizer owes a lot to Roger Newton Roger Newton.
The AKP owes a lot to him.
Nobody owes a political party their vote.
Mr. Broun owes an apology to history.
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