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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

About one sentence I don't understand.

0Here is the sentence I've extract from an US website : "When applying for a job, 01u01b00chances are that your work experience02b02u00 in the United States will move your CV to the top of the list"02br
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00I am not clair about the structure used in the underline words. Would you mind explaining it to me ?02br
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00Thanx !!0-
  

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00The first part of what you have made bold, the main Subject (01b01i00chances02i02b00) and Verb (01b01i00are02i02b00) together are a fixed phrase.02br
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01i01b00(The) chances are02b00 = it is likely that.02i00 0-
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0 how about "that" ? What is its function ? Why could it be at that position ? Could you please rephrase the sentence to make it clearer ? I still don't catch it. THanks 0-
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10 how about "that" ? What is its function ? Why could it be at that position ? Could you please rephrase the sentence to make it clearer ? I still don't catch it. THanks12br
11i10That12i10 is simply a conjunction. It could be omitted. Examples of 11i10that12i10
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01cite10Anonymous12cite10I am not 11font11del10clair12del10 clear12font10 about the structure used in the underline11font11b10d12b12font10 words. Would you mind explaining it to me ?12blockquote
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