almost always

At first, this pair seems a clear-cut candidate for the chop, the argument for the prosecution being that something either happens “always” or it doesn’t.

However, I would defend the pair’s use by asking the jury if they want to condemn everyone to having to say things like “in 99.999 per cent of cases” or “in the vast majority of cases”.

completely correct

Surely with this pair there can be no defence? Something is either correct or incorrect (in the sense of “accurate, true”, not as in “correct behaviour”). The verdict has to be completely guilty – sorry, completely guilty.

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