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Anonymous Posted 11 years ago
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High risk of the disease

Is this sentence correct?
Women over 70 are high risk of the disease.

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Anonymous Is this sentence correct? No. I'd say: Women over 70 ( years old), are at a high risk of the disease s .

— KhoshtipMan

  • Anonymous Is this sentence correct?
  • No.
  • I'd say: Women over 70 ( years old), are at a high risk of the disease s .
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AnonymousIs this sentence correct?
No. I'd say:
Women over 70 (years old), are at a high risk of the diseases.
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Women over 70 are at high risk of the disease is possible.
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Isn't the "risk" a singular countable noun?
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KhoshtipMan Isn't the "risk" a singular countable noun?
Yes, "risk" can be treated as countable, but there are thousands of idiomatic expressions in which the determiner is suppressed after a preposition.

at (high) risk is just one of them.

(You can also treat "risk" as uncountable if you prefer that explanation.)

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CalifJimSorry. Emotion: sad
I'd not use this for a person who is learning the English as the second (or third
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KhoshtipManI'd not use this for a person who is learning the English as the second (or third) language. It may be considered as a kind of gibing.
It is not the responsibility of native speakers to attempt to guess how learners might misinterpret a perfectly normal expression of regret.
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KhoshtipManI'd not use this for a person who is learning the English as the second (or third) language. It may be considered as a kind of gibing.
All it means is that it is unfortunate that English is such a difficult language with so many exceptions, and that I'm sorry that I can't make it easier for you. If you're reading it any other way, you are misreadin
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It seems that there is no rule in English. For each and every so-called rule there are many exceptions, some known and clear and some hidden!
English is not difficult, it's complicated in the worst way. This doesn't make it difficult. It just makes it confusing.
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KhoshtipManEnglish is not difficult, it's complicated in the worst way. This doesn't make it difficult.
Most learners I've worked with would disagree! It appears that you're one of the lucky ones.
KhoshtipManIt just makes it confusing.
Almost all learners I've worked with agree completely!

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