View Single Post
  #2 (permalink)  
Old 02-Apr-2008, 11:36
Tdol Tdol is offline
Editor, UsingEnglish.com
 
Join Date: Nov 2002
Country: UK
Posts: 25,395
Current Location: Phnom Penh
First Language: English
Member Type: English Teacher
Thanks: 6
Thanked 391 Times in 353 Posts
Tdol has disabled reputation
Default Re: to be on the safe side

Here it means that they want to do the further tests to eliminate the very small potential for error in the diagnosis, to confirm that this case indeed fits the general pattern. There's also an element of reassurance that comes across: there's no need to worry about the tests because they don't think there's anything out of the ordinary here, but they would like to be able to confirm that.
Reply With Quote