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at first; in the first place; at the beginning
solely
ostensibly
surely
initially
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is ing form possible with modal verbs? | Any semantic differences among those words?
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The chance to be an overnight success hardly ever comes up. #1 (permalink) Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:08 pm   The chance to be an overnight success hardly ever comes up.		  
Is anything wrong with this sentence regarding word order?

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The chance to be an overnight success hardly ever comes up. #2 (permalink) Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:22 pm   The chance to be an overnight success hardly ever comes up.		  
Hi,

The word order seems fine. I would probably alter the actual words: The chance of being an overnight success hardly ever turns up.

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The chance to be an overnight success hardly ever comes up. #3 (permalink) Thu Sep 17, 2009 12:35 pm   The chance to be an overnight success hardly ever comes up.		  
Thanks a lot, Alan.
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