The phrase "affirmed the first" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where someone is confirming or supporting a previous statement or decision, particularly in discussions or debates.
Example: "The committee affirmed the first proposal as the most viable option for the project."
Alternatives: "confirmed the initial" or "supported the first".
"When our nation did form into this union in 1787 and then when it affirmed the Fourteenth Amendment in 1868," she told the Court, "that's when we made — our nation collectively made — a commitment to individual liberty and equality".
So 'John drank the poison' does not come off as the same as 'I drank the poison' John would affirm the first but not the second.
Recalling our general rubric for change at the beginning of this section, we can affirm the first three premisses as statements about the content of our experience: (i) \(a\) is at \(x_{1}\) at \(t_{1}\), (ii) \(b\) is at \(x_{2}\) at \(t_{2}\), (iii) if anything is at place \(x_{1}\) at a time \(t_{1}\), then it is not at place \(x_{2}\) at \(t_{2}\).
Impressed by the iconoclasm of the Muslim Caliph Omar II, the Roman Emperor Leo III published an edict that re-affirmed the first commandment by proclaiming that images were idols and ordering that all church icons--pictures and statues alike--be destroyed.
Nicholas convinced Jefferson that Kentucky should adopt a second set of resolutions affirming the first, lest the lack of a reply be seen acquiescence.
While many of those wrongly arrested for recording police activity were acquitted, the courts have not been consistent in affirming the First Amendment right of citizens to record police activity.
Likewise, the Court could affirm the Ninth Circuit's judgment that it was unconstitutional for California to withdraw the right to same-sex marriage after granting it.
An appellate decision handed down by the Nebraska Supreme Court affirming the first-degree murder conviction of Michael Ryan would not seem the likeliest place to find a lurid account of the events that took place in Rulo in the spring of 1985, but the very aridity of the decision's language invokes the gothic barbarism of the incidents.
"Everything looked watered down and the studios were left trying to distinguish their movies," said Ted Mundorff, chief executive of Landmark Theatres, affirming the second theory.
Without providing comment and affirming the Third Circuit's decision, the Supreme Court of the United States declined to hear the case by denying Baraka's Petition for a Writ for Certiorari.
