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Anonymous

#535130 Tue, 01 Jul 08 02:27 PM

The chances of a newborn baby to survive are good now.
What is the grammatically correct sentence for this.

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Abil

#535144 Tue, 01 Jul 08 03:04 PM

I would suggest "better" instead of "good".

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Feebs11

#535148 Tue, 01 Jul 08 03:08 PM

There are a number of ways you can say this:

The chances of a newborn baby surviving are good now.

The chances that a newborn baby will live are good now.

The likelihood that a newborn baby will survive is better now [than a hundred years ago].

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Marius Hancu

#535152 Tue, 01 Jul 08 03:14 PM

Also:

The chances for a newborn baby to survive are good now.

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Bulletin to the Schools / University of the State of New York

by University of the State of New York - Education

We knew that the chances for the baby waxwing to survive were few. If we could
save the bird, we would. An old robin's nest was placed in a pasteboard box, ...

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Anonymous

#535294 Tue, 01 Jul 08 06:48 PM

Thanks for your help guys.

Anonymous

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