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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Likely to
Hi.
May I replace 'likely to" in:
"There is a present need to investigate which other neurotoxins are likely to affect DBD."
with usually?
May I replace 'likely to" in:
"There is a present need to investigate which other neurotoxins are likely to affect DBD."
with usually?
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No. USUALLY and LIKELY TO don't mean the same thing. "...
- No.
- USUALLY and LIKELY TO don't mean the same thing.
- "...
- which other neurotoxins are LIKELY TO affect DBD" means other neurotoxins that are thought to PROBABLY affect DBD.
- LIKELY means PROBABLE.
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No. USUALLY and LIKELY TO don't mean the same thing.
"... which other neurotoxins are LIKELY TO affect DBD" means other neurotoxins that are thought to PROBABLY affect DBD. LIKELY means PROBABLE. In other words, people are not SURE which neurotoxins affect DBD, but people THINK that certain ones are LIKELY TO affect DBD.
USUALLY means something like "in a lot of cases" or "in most cases".
"... which other neurotoxins are LIKELY TO affect DBD" means other neurotoxins that are thought to PROBABLY affect DBD. LIKELY means PROBABLE. In other words, people are not SURE which neurotoxins affect DBD, but people THINK that certain ones are LIKELY TO affect DBD.
USUALLY means something like "in a lot of cases" or "in most cases".
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But it is my ***-given right to say:
"...they likely afftect DBD.", right?
"...they likely afftect DBD.", right?
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