Playing with "rule"
Hi everybody,
I am working on the word "rule" this morning.
I noticed the following way of using it.
Can you help, please ?

As a general use means : typically or usually ?
Cardinal rule means something very strong, evident you can't avoid or ignore
Hard and fast rule means the same of the previous ?

To rule against means to decide something against somebody, as a trial or a court
To rule in favour of means the opposite of the previous ?

To rule in means to confirm or to validate something
To rule out means that you throw away or to put away or to exclude something

It is against the rules means that what you did is not compliant to the way it should had been done

To rule on something means to decide a rule or a law regarding a specific matter

As a conclusion, please tell me if you know other way of using the word rule in common language

Thanks to all !!

Question

Playing with "rule"
Hi everybody,
I am working on the word "rule" this morning.
I noticed the following way of using it.
Can you help, please ?

As a general use means : typically or usually ?
Cardinal rule means something very strong, evident you can't avoid or ignore
Hard and fast rule means the same of the previous ?

To rule against means to decide something against somebody, as a trial or a court
To rule in favour of means the opposite of the previous ?

To rule in means to confirm or to validate something
To rule out means that you throw away or to put away or to exclude something

It is against the rules means that what you did is not compliant to the way it should had been done

To rule on something means to decide a rule or a law regarding a specific matter

As a conclusion, please tell me if you know other way of using the word rule in common language

Thanks to all !!

Answer

I 'd say the general use for the word "rule" is the dictionary definition: like a law or something you know you should/shouldn't do. The others are colloquial phrases.

"Cardinal rule" means something more like, the MOST important 'rule'. So, for example, the cardinal rule when riding a bike is to wear a helmet. Something like that.

While hard and fast rule is normally used in the negative, to say there are "no" hard and fast rules. Meaning the rules are not set in stone; you can pretty much do whatever you like.

Your other uses were on point!

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