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#2 (permalink) Tue Jan 18, 2005 23:24 pm No chance of that |
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This means it is not at all possible. _________________ English as a Second Language You can read my ESL story Present Simple |
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Alan Co-founder

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#3 (permalink) Fri Jan 12, 2007 1:59 am Meaning of "No chance of that" |
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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? |
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Blazya I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#4 (permalink) Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:51 am No chance of that |
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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.
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Zellzacks I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#5 (permalink) Fri May 22, 2009 16:50 pm Meaning of "No chance of that" |
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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 |
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Honorfield I'm new here and I like it ;-)

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#6 (permalink) Fri Jul 03, 2009 16:02 pm Meaning of "No chance of that" |
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yeah, my answer was also "There is no promise of that" because I think we don't know what will happen next. |
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Schwartz I'm new here and I like it ;-)
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#7 (permalink) Fri Jul 03, 2009 16:25 pm Meaning of "No chance of that" |
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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.
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Kitosdad Language Coach

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#8 (permalink) Mon Mar 22, 2010 9:48 am Meaning of "No chance of that" |
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Hi Torsten, Could you please explain me the difference between 'There is no promise of that' and' There is no chance of that'? _________________ Peace&Love |
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Mitra584 I'm here quite often ;-)

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#9 (permalink) Mon Mar 22, 2010 10:28 am Meaning of "No chance of that" |
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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 _________________ English as a Foreign Language You can read my EFL story Progressive Forms |
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Alan Co-founder

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#10 (permalink) Wed May 23, 2012 16:40 pm Meaning of "No chance of that" |
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Dear Alan thank you for your explaintion it realy new to me. There in no chance of making mistake again in this topic. |
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Igal1 You can meet me at english-test.net
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#11 (permalink) Thu Aug 09, 2012 13:48 pm Meaning of "No chance of that" |
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Alan wrote: | 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 |
thank you.. why didn't i start to join this forum earlier?? |
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Things will improve tomorrow? | Expression "it's only hear say" |