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HUBLOT Posted 14 years ago
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He was doing well considering the circumstances

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Umea University Hospital, where the man is recovering after being rescued by police and a rescue team, said in a statement he was doing well considering the circumstances.
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Is the circumstances okay? Is it odd to say "his condition" instead?
  

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It's not odd, but it doesn't mean the same thing. The circumstances might be that he fell off a roof into a tiger enclosure and nearly drowned when he jumped into a pool after catching fire. His condition might be severe lacerations, broken limbs, clawed eyeballs, contaminated-water poisoning and third-degree burns.

— Rover_KE

  • It's not odd, but it doesn't mean the same thing.
  • The circumstances might be that he fell off a roof into a tiger enclosure and nearly drowned when he jumped into a pool after catching fire.
  • His condition might be severe lacerations, broken limbs, clawed eyeballs, contaminated-water poisoning and third-degree burns.
  • Rover
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It's not odd, but it doesn't mean the same thing.

The circumstances might be that he fell off a roof into a tiger enclosure and nearly drowned when he jumped into a pool after catching fire.

His condition might be severe lacerations, broken limbs, clawed eyeballs, contaminated-water poisoning and third-degree burns.

Rover
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