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при наступлении самых невыгодных условий (Alexander Demidov); при самом неблагоприятном раскладе (Q. Hi all, does it matter whether we say "in a worst-case scenario" or "in the worst-case scenario"? The following example sentence comes from Oxford Dictionary: "In the worst-case scenario, the antagonism will get out of control and will paralyze the party." The following is from Cambridge Dictionary: "The study concludes that in a worst-case scenario there might be 80,000 cases of the disease." А. In most cases, there will be only one worst-case scenario, in which case the applies. However, your example refers to a study which makes a projection for the future. This is complicated and could involve different ways of making the calculation and different assumptions used in the calculation. In this case, there could be more than one worst-case scenario.  wordreference.com Alexander Demidov) |
