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Anonymous Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

certainty / prediction / probability / possibility?

the words are about the dregree of something happening?
wanna know each meaning.
dictionaries confused me..
  

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There is a possibility that I might go to Moscow to study for 2 years. I had an opportunity to spend 2 years in Moscow while I was a student. Imho, 'Possibility' means that something might happen or be true.

  • There is a possibility that I might go to Moscow to study for 2 years.
  • I had an opportunity to spend 2 years in Moscow while I was a student.
  • Imho, 'Possibility' means that something might happen or be true.
  • 'Probability' suggests that something is possible for you to do because the circumstances are good or because you are lucky at that particular period of time.
  • The 'possible' is what can happen, even if it is very unlikely to happen.
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There is a possibility that I might go to Moscow to study for 2 years.

I had an opportunity to spend 2 years in Moscow while I was a student.

Imho,

'Possibility' means that something might happen or be true.
'Probability' suggests that something is possible for you to do because the circumstances are good or because you are lucky at that particular period of time.

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