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Grammar fix

dangerous situation

unsafe situation

A time or place where someone could easily get hurt or be in danger.

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Hear it in context

Notice where the phrase sounds natural.

  • The firefighters acted quickly to help people escape from the dangerous situation.daily life
  • If I saw someone in a dangerous situation, I would try to call for help immediately, because safety should always come first.IELTS speaking

Fix the pattern

Pattern: a/the dangerous situation; be in/get into/find yourself in a dangerous situation

WrongIt was a very danger situation.

RightIt was a very dangerous situation.

Use the adjective 'dangerous', not the noun 'danger', before 'situation'.

Patterna/the dangerous situation; be in/get into/find yourself in a dangerous situation

Use it right

Choose the version that sounds natural in speech.

Stiff They found themselves in circumstances posing a significant risk to safety.

Natural They were in a really dangerous situation.

'Dangerous situation' is the plain phrase; 'circumstances posing a significant risk to safety' is a risk-assessment form.

Build natural chunks

Words that usually travel with it.

  • dangerous situation + verb
    a dangerous situationpotentially dangerousget intodefuse

Don't confuse it

Not the same as 'difficult situation,' which means something is hard but not necessarily unsafe.

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