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Grammar pedants - help please.

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Badger Sep 2023 6:21pm, 30 Sep 2023 16,611 posts	Quote Pin Badger I found only one match for that exact phrase, a quote from a Czech, so in that context I’m going with him not getting the idiom quite right. In terms of safety and risk assessment jargon you quantify hazards by (severity and probability) and risks, not safety. “Very low risk system” would be better.
Badger Sep 2023 6:22pm, 30 Sep 2023 16,612 posts	Quote Pin Badger Sorry: “hazards (by severity and probability)”
Oranj Oct 2023 8:19pm, 5 Oct 2023 3,838 posts	Quote Pin Oranj Sign me up twitter.com Many commentators say that vigilante groups are never the answer. But they clearly don't know about the masked Ecuadorian trio named "Acción Ortográfica Quito" who roam the streets at night with one purpose: to correct all the spelling and grammar mistakes they find in graffiti.
Northern Exile Oct 2023 8:29pm, 5 Oct 2023 9,805 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Outstanding.
sallykate Oct 2023 8:36pm, 5 Oct 2023 12,328 posts	Quote Pin sallykate Superb!
LindsD Oct 2023 8:38pm, 5 Oct 2023 64,303 posts	Quote Pin LindsD Love that
swittle Oct 2023 8:56pm, 5 Oct 2023 100,732 posts	Quote Pin swittle They'd have a field day with Nobel laureate, Jon Fosse's latest work.
Steve NordRunner Oct 2023 11:12pm, 5 Oct 2023 3,483 posts	Quote Pin Steve NordRunner In case anyone is wondering, here's how you pronounce Jon Fosse's name howtopronounce.com The first of the three is the best. The second is way too rushed, and may have been clipped out if a longer statement. The third is poor, and doesn't even sound like a native speaker of Norway, IMO.
ChrisHB Oct 2023 8:36pm, 22 Oct 2023 22,721 posts	Quote Pin ChrisHB “You can trust the Conservatives to make sensible, prudent decisions on the future of the economy and to bring down taxes where it is capable to do so,” [Robert Jenrick] told the BBC. but not to speak the King's English.
LindsD Oct 2023 8:38pm, 22 Oct 2023 64,646 posts	Quote Pin LindsD