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Discover Ludwig"put it crudely" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is often used to preface a frank or blunt statement, usually acknowledging that the statement may not be polite or socially acceptable. For example: "Put it crudely, the company's profits have been steadily declining for the past five years." In this sentence, the speaker is acknowledging that their statement may be considered impolite or offensive, but they are choosing to be direct and honest in their assessment of the situation. Other examples of using "put it crudely" in a sentence could include: - "To put it crudely, the government's economic policies have been a disaster for the working class." - "Let's put it crudely - you're either with us or against us on this issue." - "She put it crudely, but there is some truth to what she said about our team's performance."
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To put it crudely: the minor Where Angels Fear to Tread basks in its uncontested status as a work of art, while Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, one of the great books of the century, is, well, an ungainly history of Yugoslavia or something.
To put it crudely.
Africa is, to put it crudely, in fashion.
To put it crudely he should piss or get off the pot".
I didn't really have enough time to fly the witches properly, to put it crudely".
And to put it crudely, a lot of money is involved".
Because women have less interest in sex than men, it is, to put it crudely, a seller's market.
Now, however, China has hit the "Lewis point" — to put it crudely, it's running out of surplus peasants.
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NEW YORK — For years, maybe forever, the essence of women has often been reduced, to put it somewhat crudely, to a deeply etched dichotomy: madonna or whore.
"Starting in the nineteen-seventies, to put it very crudely, you had a higher proportion of black kids being born to really dumb mothers," he said.
… To put it more crudely, do I really want to turn France into a dead, mummified country, a sort of tourist brothel?
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.

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