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Mfholic Posted 20 years ago
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lest / in case

Please tell me which one of the following sounds better, thanks!

1.Please write down your password on a notebook lest you forget it.

2.In case you forget your password, please write it down on a notebook.
  

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Take a look at this thread: Post :233419

You'll see that Mr. M and I have different views on it.

(But I would write IN a notebook, not ON a notebook.)
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lest /lest/ conj. (formal or literary)
1 in order to prevent sth from happening: He gripped his brother’s arm lest he be trampled by the mob.
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Grammar GeekYou'll see that Mr. M and I have different views on it.
Not to take sides, but aside from the fixed expression "lest we forget", I think you could easily put lest in the same category as shall, whom, and may. There's four words that Americans can get by without -- no problem.

Lest I forget, may I ask with who
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