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Liton Das Posted 9 years ago
Grammar

Grammar

Girls cheats likely less than boys on exams.

what is the difference between "likely" and "probably" please state an example and their usage.

  

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Likely and probably can be both considered and used as adverb , that means that they can modify a verb, examples: - Likely: Due to he's bought over 10000 tickets, it's likely he will win the lottery. - Probably: It's probably she leaves tomorrow at dawn. Likely it can be also used as adjective , however 'probably' not.

  • Likely and probably can be both considered and used as adverb , that means that they can modify a verb, examples: - Likely: Due to he's bought over 10000 tickets, it's likely he will win the lottery.
  • - Probably: It's probably she leaves tomorrow at dawn.
  • Likely it can be also used as adjective , however 'probably' not.
  • - Likely: It's not very likely that he'll abide by the rules, she's very stubborn.
  • Hope it's clear and well explained!
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Likely and probably can be both considered and used as adverb, that means that they can modify a verb, examples:

- Likely: Due to he's bought over 10000 tickets, it's likely he will win the lottery.

- Probably: It's probably she leaves tomorrow at dawn.

Likely it can be also used as adjective, however 'probably' not.

- Likely: It's not very likely that he'

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Liton DasGirls cheats likely less than boys on exams.

This sentence is incorrect. One way of correcting it is:

Girls are less likely than boys to cheat in exams.

In the corrected sentence, "likely" is an adective. It cannot be replaced by "probably". When"likely" is an adverb, e.g., "Boys will very likely cheat in exams", it means about t

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