(September 23, 2023 at 9:13 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: Endangered implies almost extinct. A person cannot be endangered when there are billions more people.
'Endangered' simply means 'to be placed in danger'. I get what you're saying, but an individual can be as endangered as a species.
We also speak of species as being 'threatened'. Does that mean a person can't be threatened when there are billions more people?
Boru
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