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Rule "Better safe than sorry"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: Better safe than sorry
Message: Did you mean the idiom <suggestion>better \2 safe than sorry</suggestion>?
Category: Collocations (ID: COLLOCATIONS)
Link: https://languagetool.org/insights/post/secure-vs-safe-word-choice/
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • Batter save then sorry.
    Correction suggestion: Better safe than sorry
ID: BETTER_SAFE_THAN_SORRY [2]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-12-01 22:33:09 +0100)