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1 apr 2008 · English (USA), Spanish. Apr 1, 2008. #3. It depends what you are trying to say. I understand "It is your chance to win the lottery" as it (now?) is your opportunity to win it. The second sentence is about probability. For example: "Your chance of winning the lottery is one in a million." W.
17 feb 2011 · Banned. Annandale, Virginia, USA. American English. Feb 17, 2011. #3. I suppose that "a chance" might be one of many chances or opportunities, while "the chance" would be a unique or at least rare opportunity. We say "the chance of a lifetime," not "a chance of a lifetime." But I think we would say "I had a chance to win the lottery, but I didn ...
3 giu 2016 · The most common form of this sentence would be "I was wondering if you have had a chance to go over the report I submitted". Some people use a variant of this with simply "if you had", but this should be regarded as acceptable in speech only. All other variants require some kind of special circumstance.
24 nov 2015 · Since 1970, slim chance has become the most popular of the various versions of this phrase.Thin chance exists, but has always been rare.
26 gen 2015 · It does not mean 'a chance of'; but at the same time it does not mean 'an opportunity of', An opportunity of something means a definite opening of some kind which can be made use of or not, according to the individual's action. Therefore the meaning is more than 'a chance of' and less than 'an opportunity of'.
29 giu 2013 · A chance to do something meaning an opportunity to do something cannot be changed to a chance doing something, though it can often be changed to a chance of doing something. You wouldn't alter the meaning much if you wrote "Did you have a chance of talking to your teacher about the schedule?", though I prefer your original.
14 dic 2021 · In other contexts the two expressions mean different things. "You won't have any chance of doing something" means it will be impossible to do it. "You won't have a chance to do something" often just means you won't have an opportunity to do it. For example, you might be too busy.
19 nov 2020 · Senior Member. Derby (central England) English - England. Nov 19, 2020. #2. Note the change from Longman's "get/have a chance to do something" to Longman's "I'd like a job in which I get the chance to travel." I would be inclined to say, "Phone me when you get the chance", but I'm not saying that "have" and "a" are wrong.
28 mar 2008 · Germany. USA, English. Mar 28, 2008. #3. I suggest using "little chance" when saying that the probability of something occuring is low and using "few chances" when saying the number of opportunities of doing something are rare. For example, I have little chance of swimming one hundred meters in 105 seconds (but still within the realm of the ...
27 giu 2016 · Cumbria, UK. British English. Jun 23, 2020. #10. "Chances" is generally a lot more common than "chance", even when only one probability is being talked about. However in the OP's sentence, with "any", we usually use "chance" (singular).
