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hi guys, do you really use the phrase “grave ramifications”? i was searching for interesting alternatives of the word “devastating consequences” and then it totally grab my attention! ty for answering.
hi guys, do you really use the phrase “grave ramifications”? i was searching for interesting alternatives of the word “devastating consequences” and then it totally grab my attention! ty for answering.
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yes the phrase is used but you would hear it more in professional situations or in writing rather than conversation
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It’s very rare, but if you want to sound intellectual in a conversation it is something a fluent English speaker would understand.
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We do.
It is used to discuss or describe something really serious or “grave”
- like the Fukushima nuclear disaster,
like the September 11th 2001 attacks against the USA,
like war.
You can use these words for something
like that:
to convey the seriousness
and gravity of such a situation.
Note - something grave possesses gravity.
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@redtsuru How about a situation which results in the lack of students’ knowledge in their later-life?
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Can you tell me a bit more what you mean?
a lack of knowledge in their later life.....I don’t know what that means.
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Lack of social skills- that definitely causes serious problems.
I don’t think I’d use the word grave, nor the phrase grave ramifications because these words are really somber and about serious and devastating/ catastrophic events that cause death.
Having poor social skills can impair a person’s life choices and DOES have serious consequences or ramifications ( you could say serious ramifications for example)
but not grave ramifications.
The person can in fact choose to work on their problems and CAN in fact improve!
People do it all the time. This is the opposite of grave.
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