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The phrase "bordering on the" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It means something is very close or almost similar to something else. Example: His behavior was bordering on the absurd. This sentence means that the person's behavior was very close to being absurd or it was almost absurd.
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Berget's arrival and elevation is bordering on the bizarre for one so ordinary.
But Father Poole considers their procedures "one-sided, slanted and bordering on the dishonest".
Bordering on the obsessive perhaps.
It is bordering on the irresponsible".
They're usually very funny, bordering on the bizarre.
He was confident on set, sometimes bordering on the dictatorial.
David Cameron's trade missions are bordering on the ludicrous.
Ferguson talks about Frank Stapleton "bordering on the morose".
So unusual things did happen, sometimes bordering on the disturbing.
"That was bordering on the ridiculous," Gus Poyet said.
The back seat is immense, bordering on the obscene.
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