From the national news, about a crane-and-building accident in Manhattan: “Luckily, the situation could have been far worse.” What’s lucky though is not that things could have been worse; it’s that things were not worse.
Better: The situation could have been far worse. But fortunately , &c.
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I walked down that block at least once this week. Luckily (for me), it was not at the time of the accident.
And how. NBC said the street was partly closed. Thank goodness.
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