Westwood's outstanding Ryder Cup record, added to popularity and compatibility with other players, means he should always have been worthy of selection if showing a modicum of form.
"If you have a modicum of politeness, honour and ability, then the place for politics is parliament," railed Mr Erdogan.
"If you have a modicum of principle," he said, "they're like: 'Do you hear what he did?
But that they have been able to restore, even if only temporarily, a modicum of "sight" to people who had been blind for years is quite an achievement.
He said of Blatter's presidency, "If he has a modicum of decency, he will resign in the next few days".
If you have a modicum of talent and keep plugging tirelessly on, with any luck you too can one day ascend into the semi-legendary realm.
When I started making indie records I had the feeling that if you had a modicum of talent you could break into that scene.
"If you have a modicum of talent for ice dance, you are removed from the normal system and developed," says Mercer.
If Gambaccini had a modicum of sympathy for Moyles, then it was because the Radio 1 breakfast show had been extended from two hours, as it once was, to three-and-a-half hours today.
As Richard Cassidy, technical director at cyber security company Alert Logic, says: "Quite simply if there is a modicum of uncertainty, then don't respond to a message or click on a link – the same is also true for any communication over email we might receive from a bank or personal suppliers".
