The word "ramification" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to describe the consequences or results of a particular action or event. For example, "The ramification of this powerful storm is catastrophic damage to nearby houses."
And, this line of thinking erroneously continues, since this is how things actually would be if only the conservative court majority in 2001 had not stolen the election from Mr Gore, it's only right to see every 5-4 decisincesince then as an illegitimate ramification of the original injustice.
An extension of the lateral line system on the head consists of a ramification of sensory canals.
The ramification of the ICC's actions substantively reoriented the national political landscape.
In Manitoba at the turn of the 20th century wheat farmers sought more rail lines, and the province encouraged ramification of the lines with land grants.
This task was an obvious ramification of his insistence that the Bible alone is the source of Christian truth and his related belief that everyone is capable of understanding the biblical message.
"The real ramification of this decision is, however, that it will have a significant financial impact on all landlords, tenants and insolvency practitioners involved in current and future business insolvencies in this country," Game said in a statement.
The injury could also have a ramification on his participation in the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow for the Isle of Man.
The main ramification of part one is the global ban on Russian athletes – clean or otherwise – and Pound is unforgiving on his stance towards cheating in Russia and elsewhere.
That has implications enough for the church in the inner city, but what are the ramifications in the countryside where, for a thousand years, the Church of England has often been the institution that holds rural communities together?
The entire future of the single currency – and its ramifications for the global economy – hung in the balance.
Not only is there the violent transatlantic slave trade (which still has ramifications in the present and is a deeply upsetting topic for many people) to bear in mind; there is also the issue of the global modern day slave trade, which, according to the latest figures, enslaves more people today than were enslaved during the entire 350-year history of the transatlantic slave trade.
