Meaning of "No chance of that"

[Veki]

Test No. incompl/elem-30 "Responses (3)", question 4

Mike: 'If the party wins the next by-election, things might get better.'
Jane: '.........'

(a) There's no case of that.
(b) There's no chance of that.
(c) There's no promise of that.
(d) There's no concept of that.

Test No. incompl/elem-30 "Responses (3)", answer 4

Mike: 'If the party wins the next by-election, things might get better.'
Jane: 'There's no chance of that.'

Correct answer: (b) There's no chance of that.
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Please, answer me.

I don't understand why answer "there is no CHANCE of that" is wrong?
I don't see some diferent in those two answers?

Thank you
Veki

[Alan]

This means it is not at all possible.
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[Blazya]

Hey Alan, I`m a little confused you said it means it`s not at all possible, but I think that`s very different to say "there is no chance of that" this last in my opinion sentence tells me -there is no opportunity to get that- and the sentence you wrote tells me by the clue "not at all possible" there is still a hope to win, and the option i choose was "There is no promise of that" because it tells me "No one can assure you if the party is going to win"

Could you make this clear to me please?

[Zellzacks]

Hi Alan,

Why is it "There's no promise of that." is the incorrect answer?
it means we don't know if the new won party might give a better benefits to people.

Thank you

[Honorfield]

Hi Alan,
i'm wondering about the same thing. Why is "There is no promise of that" wrong?
I understand it as a way to say: "how do you know that anything would get better?"
cheers honorfield

[Schwartz]

yeah, my answer was also "There is no promise of that" because I think we don't know what will happen next.

[Kitosdad]

Jane is giving two opinions.

1) There is no chance of them winning.

2) Even if they did win, there is no chance of them making changes for the better.

"There is no chance", is the only logical answer.

Kitos.
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[Mitra584]

Hi Torsten,
Could you please explain me the difference between 'There is no promise of that' and' There is no chance of that'?
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[Alan]

Hi Mitra,

'There is no promise of that' would be an unusual construction and could indicate that there was no prospect of something happening/being done. The use of 'promise' with this sort of expression is more often used in a positive sense as in: There are signs that there is a promise of economic recovery in the world coming soon. 'There is no chance of' suggests that there is no possibility of something taking place as in: There is absolutely no chance of economic recovery taking place within the next couple of weeks.

Alan
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