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May 12, 2008 · English-Ireland (top end) May 12, 2008. #2. Both are possible, and fine in the right context. I will be safe ... could be a general statement about my personal safety in traffic. It will be safe ... is a statement about "It". It could be some kind of activity. I am going to ride my unicycle into town this afternoon.
Jun 10, 2014 · Jun 10, 2014. #2. Incorrect? No, not really. It's a form of "Safe for (your) use" or "Safe for use (as a cleaning product)." Etc. But "Safe to use" gets you right to the point. Having said that, in what context have you seen it? "Safe to use" by itself seems a little all-encompassing.
Apr 13, 2010 · Apr 13, 2010. #2. The choice depends on the structure of the sentence: ...to ensure that potential employees are safe for their coworkers to work with. safe for + noun: It isn't safe for a young child to cross the street alone. ...to ensure that potential employees are safe (enough) to be with their coworkers.
May 12, 2015 · May 12, 2015. #1. In a Guardian article titled "Nepal was made vulnerable by more than its violent geology", the writer uses both "safer" and "more safe" as follows: Nepal has long been desperate for a huge, sustained investment to strengthen its physical infrastructure and keep its people safer, and to develop its economy and services so that ...
Jun 1, 2012 · Jun 1, 2012. #2. The two words are very close in meaning and often interchangeable, but I'd use safe in the first two sentences, with the general meaning of "free from danger or harm". In sentences #3 and #4, I'd favor secure, with the specific meaning of keeping them in a place to which unauthorized persons have no access. C.
Dec 10, 2009 · Drive safe! We know a few things about this expression: 1) Some native speakers use it. 2) It is not standard English unless and until somebody can prove it is by. doing something beyond shouting. 3) It is clearly understood by most, if not all, native speakers to mean exactly the same thing as "Drive safely".
May 16, 2010 · 9. a. Of an action, procedure, undertaking, plan, etc.: Free from risk, not involving danger or mishap, guaranteed against failure. Sometimes = free from risk of error, as in it is safe to say... So the sentence in question means, basically, "I can say with confidence that I'm forming a crush on you." or "There's no doubt that I'm forming a ...
Aug 17, 2006 · Aug 17, 2006. #4. swyves said: I might get the slight difference of meaning that "safe from tsunamis" means there will never be any more, while "safe against tsunamis" means they'll happen, but won't harm anyone. Yes - I agree. I think that "safe against" suggests "made safe against" = "modified to withstand".
Dec 28, 2012 · Dec 28, 2012. #2. Hello. "safe" is an adjective, "safety" a noun, and "safely" an adverb. As I'm sure you already know all these different parts of speech have different functions and rules to follow. Now while it's true both a noun and an adjective can follow "feel" and make sense ;"feel warm, warmth") in this case the only idiomatic choice is ...
Aug 11, 2009 · Aug 11, 2009. #3. Hola! Yes there is a difference. In the first example, "safe" is an adjective. It implies that the children will be safe as long as they are in the garden. In the second example ("the children are saved from danger in the garden") the word "saved" is a verb (in the passive voice). In that context, "saved" implies that there is ...
