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'Chance' vs 'Choice'

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'She was planning' vs 'She had been planning' | Use OR/AND/NOR: I did not see John or/and/nor Peter

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#1 (permalink) Wed Dec 13, 2006 22:36 pm 'Chance' vs 'Choice'

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As it had no choice trying to escape from the vulture, the doe strode quickly over the streamlet

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I have taken the above line from ESL tests. Shouldn't it be chance?

Just thinking aloud!

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#2 (permalink) Thu Dec 14, 2006 0:00 am 'Chance' vs 'Choice'

. Hi Tom While you're thinking aloud, maybe you could voice your thoughts on using 'chance'. Why do you think that would be better? Why strode and not strayed? http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic8712.html 'Have no choice' is a typical/normal collocation. The sentence says that the doe's only option was to cross the streamlet. (A 'choice' would involve more than one option.) Amy _________________ "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ Abraham Lincoln

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