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Yoong Liat Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

had / took a chance

0 Eight-year-old Rynal Gunasegaran has never visited the US, but yesterday he 01b00had/took02b00 a chance to ask President George Bush a question he had always been curious about. 02br
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02br 02br 01i 00to have a chance02i 00 is to have an opportunity. 02br 01i 00to take a chance02i 00 is to place oneself is a risky situation. 02br 02br 00 Grammatically:02br 01i 00have a chance 01b 00to do02b 00 something02br 00 take a chance 01b 00[in / by / on] doing02b 00 something02i 02br 02br 00 CJ0-

— CalifJim

  • 02br 02br 01i 00to have a chance02i 00 is to have an opportunity.
  • 02br 01i 00to take a chance02i 00 is to place oneself is a risky situation.
  • 02br 02br 00 Grammatically:02br 01i 00have a chance 01b 00to do02b 00 something02br 00 take a chance 01b 00[in / by / on] doing02b 00 something02i 02br 02br 00 CJ0-
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0 I would use 01i00had02i00.02br
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01i00to have a chance02i00 is to have an opportunity. The possibility of or the occasion for doing something has arisen in the course of life's events.02br
01i00to take a chance02i00 is to place oneself is a risky situation. It is to act without knowing what migh
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01cite10CalifJim12cite10I would use 11i10had12i10.12br
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11i10to have a chance12i10 is to have an opportunity. The possibility of or the occasion for doing something has arisen in the course of life's events.12br
11i10to take a chance12i10
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0Hi guys,02br
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01font00Eight-year-old Rynal Gunasegaran has never visited the US, but yesterday he 01b00had/took02b00 a chance to ask President George Bush a question he had always been curious about. 02br
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0 I would choose 01b00had02b00. 02br
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00Even though eight-year-old Rynal has never visited the US, he had an opportunity to ask US President George W. Bush a question yesterday.02br
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0 Thanks, Clive. 02br
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The more suitable word, to me is 'had', because to me, 'took' doesn't seem right.

Cheerio.
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