Much chance/many chances

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Kuljc03

#173639 Fri, 23 Dec 05 06:25 PM

much chance? many chances? I somtiems really get confused up!!

Thanks in advance

Kuljc03

Joined on Wed, Nov 2 2005

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Danyoo

#173673 Fri, 23 Dec 05 08:00 PM

In most cases, I'd say many chances.

I had my chances.
I had a chance of lifetime to make millions, but I blew it.
Given a fair chance, I believe your daughter will excel in school.

The phrase 'much of a chance' is used as follows:
I wouldn't bother practicing so hard to improve your game - you don't have much of a chance to become a professional basketball player at only 170cm tall.

Danyoo

Joined on Fri, Nov 11 2005

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MrPedantic

#173943 Sat, 24 Dec 05 01:02 PM

To supplement Danyoo's answers:

In British English, you would say "I had the chance of a lifetime..."

You could also say "You don't have much chance of becoming prime minister"; "I haven't had a chance to look at your homework".

Another idiom: "there's not much chance of that happening!"

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