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Jeremygoh1980 Posted 10 years ago
Grammar

preposition to use with the idiom "stand a chance"

Hi, does one use "to ", as in "stand a chance TO win a car" or"stand a chance of winning a car".

My preference is the latter. Is it just a matter of semantics?
  

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Hello, jeremygoh1980—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member. jeremygoh1980 My preference is the latter.

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  • jeremygoh1980 My preference is the latter.
  • Yes, mine, too.
  • I think the writer of the first is confused with 'have a chance to win'.
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Hello, jeremygoh1980—and welcome to English Forums. Thank you for registering as a member.
jeremygoh1980My preference is the latter.
Yes, mine, too. I think the writer of the first is confused with 'have a chance to win'. With 'have', both forms are common, but with 'stand', only 'stand a chance of winning' is in general use. (You can use Ngrams to check thi
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