Taoiseach wrote:
Breandán wrote:
I think Taoiseach's comment was a seconding (a confirmation) - Probably

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I can third it.

Perhaps if others might add theirs, just to be sure ...
I wouldn't be presumptuous enough to "confirm" my obvious betters in the language.

Though I do like the phrase and see no problem with it, my standard isn't good enough to confirm or deny.
Well, as I've mentioned, confidence level is not necessarily a measure of actual ability. Some of us are just a little bolder than others (1001 %).
The natives may not always be strong in grammar or spelling, but the grammar-heads don't always have a feel for the native idioms, either. The balance is obtained in having contributions from a diversity of opinions.
