Christanford  +  879616 Sun, 30 Aug 09 10:21 AM Hi, The more points a pupil gets, the better chance he or she has of placing the winning bid for an Agnes b coin bag or a Bathing Ape key holder. Why isn't there a 'the' in front of chance? Can I add it to the sentence? Thanks in advance Christanford Joined on Sat, Apr 7 2007 Full Member 295 Sentences

	Ant_222  +  879700 Sun, 30 Aug 09 11:51 AM Christanford “Why isn't there a 'the' in front of chance? Can I add it to the sentence?” In this form, "chance" is already modified by "the" + "better", so no. But in the following rewrite "the" is necessary: «The more points a pupil gets, the better will be the chance of his placing the bid...» Anton Ant_222 Joined on Sun, May 21 2006 Podolsk, Russia Contributing Member 1,717 Sentences