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Small or little possibility? #1 (permalink) Sun Nov 12, 2006 19:56 pm   Small or little possibility?
 

There is a little/small possibility to fail.

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Small or little possibility? #2 (permalink) Mon Nov 13, 2006 0:16 am   Small or little possibility?
 

Hi Alex

There is a small possibility of failing. (OK - Failing is definitely a possibility)
There is a little possibility of failing. (Grammatically OK, but using 'a little' sounds unnatural to me in this sentence.)

There is little possibility of failing. (Without the word 'a' --> Failing is not likely)

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