• rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    We can also safely assume

    There’s a saying in Russian “ради красного словца не пожалеет и отца” (“for a nice-looking word won’t spare even father”). By that very law “safely assume” is usually used where no, it’s not safe to assume something.