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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 to be safe than sorry</suggestion>? |
| Category: | Collocations |
| Link: | https://languagetool.org/insights/post/secure-vs-safe-word-choice/ |
| Incorrect sentences that this rule can detect: |
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| ID: | BETTER_SAFE_THAN_SORRY [1] |
| Version: | 6.8-SNAPSHOT (2025-11-02 22:33:08 +0100) |