The phrase "rather drastic" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to describe something that is extreme or severe in nature. Example: The company's decision to lay off half of its employees was rather drastic and caused a lot of backlash from the remaining staff.
Deleting your Facebook account permanently is a rather drastic action.
But, he added, fleeing Britain seems a rather drastic move with an election on the horizon.
Page B1 FIAT-CHRYSLER MERGER PUSHED Fiat's car unit has just seen a rather drastic switch.
"So this was his way of telling me — a rather drastic way," said the elder Mr. Eklund, who was shaken by the revelation.
I'm very curious to know if you think Harold Pinter would have approved of this rather drastic edit of his work.
In the last eight years, Dell has gone to rather drastic lengths to route around the Vista operating system from Microsoft.
Unlike some other manufacturers the changes are subtle, more refinements rather than drastic alterations.
Most Fed-watchers believe any first move towards "tapering" is likely to be symbolic, rather than drastic: perhaps a $10bn or $15bn reduction in the size of monthly spending on Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities.
But rather more drastic changes are going to be needed to see off some very clear threats to data security.
Rather, this drastic reduction of damage can be attributed to effective communication and support between the residents, and between the residents and the City of Cologne's Flood Protection Center (FPC Cologne) as the public authority in charge.
Instead, it seems that Red-Br-nos binds 'gently' to tubulin, which results in attenuated MT dynamics rather than drastic de- or overpolymerization.
