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By any chance vs. by chance
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The phrase by any chance is used when asking questions in a polite way.
- Are you free tonight, by any chance?
If something happens by chance, people have not planned it or tried to make it happen.
- By (pure/sheer) chance, I saw him again at the grocery store.
- We found the house entirely by chance.
"By any chance" and "by chance" are not interchangeable, are they?
The phrase by any chance is used when asking questions in a polite way.
- Are you free tonight, by any chance?
If something happens by chance, people have not planned it or tried to make it happen.
- By (pure/sheer) chance, I saw him again at the grocery store.
- We found the house entirely by chance.
"By any chance" and "by chance" are not interchangeable, are they?
Top answer
No.
- No.
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