Can I say: "If I have chance go there, I'll pay her a visit"?

[Molly]

[Molly]

And from one centre of excellence:

In the build-up to the event, the St Catharine's students will be learning the principles of Arabic chant, in particular the "Ison" - the drone which hums underneath the central melody. The Lebanese choristers will also have chance to practice the English tradition. By putting them side by side, the two choirs will try to tease out the similarities and see how easily each tradition adapts to coping with the other.

http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/news/press/dpp/2007062201
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http://www.ljmu.ac.uk/cis/connectLJMU/66251.htm

The 15-minute sessions will run at the following times: 1130, 1200, 1230, 1300, 1400, 1430, 1500, 1530. To attend one of the sessions, people should make sure they book in as soon as they arrive, as places are limited. People will also have chance to take photos so don't forget to bring cameras.

http://www.laws.sandwell.gov.uk/ccm/content/councilgeneral/pressreleases/2008-06/final-reminder-for-springwatch-festival-this-sunday.en;jsessionid=bf_3MF2V76H4
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Interesting:

This also gives us chance to cover any design concerns before the fit out.

Our philosophy is to be honest and up front – we will tell you if we think something is a "waste of money"! If you have chance to draw any rough sketches, this can be very useful in starting the ball rolling.

http://severnboat.com/new/index.php?action=page_display&PageID=13


Please note that it may be some time before we have chance to respond messages that are sent to us and sorry but we cannot guarantee a reply in every instance.

http://telephonesuk.co.uk/

Maybe Mr P will read them all as typos.

[Molly]

Respected source?

"England football captain Beckham, speaking from his home in Spain, revealed he did not get chance to see the game as he was with his Real Madrid team-mates."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2003/11/23/urengl23.xml

'Before I get chance to reply she says: "Come on then, get your board on." I slip away, and head for the slope that leads back down to the lift with Lesley hot on my tail. I put in some turns and feel my pace quickening in line with my heart.'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/main.jhtml?xml=/travel/exclusions/Supplements/winter04/nwinter14.xml

"And the rules of the final mean that no one will get chance to warm up on the apparatus before they get to perform their routine."

http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/

A Home Office spokesman said last night: "Our starting point will be that all criminal gains should be removed from offenders. For example those criminals buying commodities to avoid the circulation of cash could have their assets seized before they have chance to disperse them.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1579674/Drug-dealers-to-have-assets-seized-on-arrest.html

[Yankee]

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Perhaps you should consider becoming a proofreader, Molly.
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[Molly]

[Yankee]

[Molly]

And? Your conclusions?

[Molly]

"the dominance of the model of formal written English constitutes in itself ‘an important reason for our ignorance about the structure and syntax of spoken English’”

From: Standard English: The Widening Debate By Tony Bex, Richard J. Watts

[Yankee]

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Psst! Your examples are all in written form. (Or hadn't you noticed?)
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Molly]

[Yankee]

[Molly]

Well, are you going to expand on it? Do you think that all the speakers/writers in the extracts I posted have a problem with second language interference?

[Yankee]

Why should I expand on my suggestion that "hubby" is possibly suffering from second language interference? Haven't you already stated that this happens to many native speakers?

By the way, do you prescribe "ocasión" as the one and only way to translate the English word "chance" into Spanish?
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Molly]

[Yankee]