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Hotmale Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
Likely
I've got the feeling that I worded this phrase incorrectly.
Is "likely" the right word here?
"The building was on fire for a long time, so the help wasn't very likely".
Can you please whether it makes sense?
Thank you
Is "likely" the right word here?
"The building was on fire for a long time, so the help wasn't very likely".
Can you please whether it makes sense?
Thank you
Top answer
No. What are you trying to say? Compare eg "The building was on fire.
- No.
- What are you trying to say?
- Compare eg "The building was on fire.
- " Clive
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No. What are you trying to say?
Compare
eg "The building was on fire. All of the firefighters were 100 miles away at another fire, so help wasn't very likely."
Clive
Compare
eg "The building was on fire. All of the firefighters were 100 miles away at another fire, so help wasn't very likely."
Clive
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I thought that the building was on fire for a quite a long time, so even if a fire brigade arrived at the place, it would be not likely to put out this fire.
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Should I provide my information to my sentence? Or is it about "the" before "help"?
Thank you
Thank you
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I thought that the building was on fire for a quite a long time, so even if a fire brigade arrived at the place, it would be not likely to put out this fire.
Then say eg . . . so help was not very likely to succeed.
If you just say help was not likely, it means help is unlikely to occur.
Then say eg . . . so help was not very likely to succeed.
If you just say help was not likely, it means help is unlikely to occur.
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