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Phrase: No job is so important...



 
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Phrase: No job is so important... #1 (permalink) Wed Feb 06, 2008 9:03 am   Phrase: No job is so important...
 

Dear All,

Could you please help with this one?

"No job is so important that it can be done safely"

or

"No job is so important that it can't be done safely."

We, French people, tend to use the second one in our mother tongue but is it the same in English?

Thanks a lot,

Pierre-Louis
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Phrase: No job is so important... #2 (permalink) Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:18 am   Phrase: No job is so important...
 

Hi Pierrelouis,

Welcome to the site. The second sentence makes sense in English,too.

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Phrase: No job is so important... #3 (permalink) Wed Feb 06, 2008 10:42 am   Phrase: No job is so important...
 

Thanks for welcoming me and for your answer.

I came here many times in the past when I had some doubts... now I'm glad to be part of it! Wink
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