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Hans51 Posted 11 years ago
Grammar
'have the / a chance to do'
Do native English speakers use 'have the chance to do' as a fixed expression or when do you use 'have a chance to do'? I feel like people usually use 'have the chance to do', not 'have a chance to do' or is there a particular situation where I should distinguish between them?
Thank you so much as usual in advance!
Thank you so much as usual in advance!
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In the US, you'd hear the following: Get it done when you have a chance to do it. )
- In the US, you'd hear the following: Get it done when you have a chance to do it.
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In the US, you'd hear the following:
Get it done when you have a chance to do it. ("When you have the chance to do it" is also correct, but sounds authoritarian and formal, and so it's less often used in casual speech.)
Get it done when you have a chance to do it. ("When you have the chance to do it" is also correct, but sounds authoritarian and formal, and so it's less often used in casual speech.)
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I think I use them interchangeably, but probably I more commonly use the version with "a".
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