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Chinpunkanpun Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary

Chances are vs Is likely to


Hi everyone,
Is there any difference between {chances are} and {likely to}?
I know that both are used for saying that something may or may not happen . ..a degree of uncertainty.
Is the former more formal than the latter?
Thanks in advance

  

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chinpunkanpun Is there any difference between {chances are} and {likely to}? Is the former more formal than the latter? No; if anything, the latter is more formal than the former.

— Mister Micawber

  • chinpunkanpun Is there any difference between {chances are} and {likely to}?
  • Is the former more formal than the latter?
  • No; if anything, the latter is more formal than the former.
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chinpunkanpunIs there any difference between {chances are} and {likely to}? .Is the former more formal than the latter?

No; if anything, the latter is more formal than the former.

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