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Liveinjapan Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

"rather impossible" or "almost impossible"

0Hi! Please help me clarify which is better to use below.02br
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00" It is rather unlikely for him to get married with Britney Spears."02br
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00"It is rather impossible for him to get married with Britney Spears."02br
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00I think "rather" goes well with "unlikely" and "almost" goes well with "impossible" , so "It is almost impossible for him to get married with Britney" is better.02br
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00Of course, you could say " It is rather impossible......." and that sounds naturall, I think.02br
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00When seaching with GOOGLE on the internet, "almost impossible" is likely hit more than "rather impossible".02br
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00What do you think about that?0-
  

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0 It is rather unlikely that he would marry Britney Spears. (or get married to)02br 00It would be rather impossible for him to marry Britney Spears. 0-

— Marvin A.

  • 0 It is rather unlikely that he would marry Britney Spears.
  • (or get married to)02br 00It would be rather impossible for him to marry Britney Spears.
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0 It is rather unlikely that he would marry Britney Spears. (or get married to)02br
00It would be rather impossible for him to marry Britney Spears. 0-
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0Thanks!02br
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00These lines sound natural to me.02br
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00Do you mean 02br
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00"It would be rather unlikely for him to marry Britney"02br
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1i00For him to marry 02i00is okay.02br
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01i00For him to get married to02i00 is okay.02br
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01i00For him to get married with 02i00is not okay.02br
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00(At least, in American English.)0-
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00I think "rather" goes well with "unlikely" and "almost" goes well with "impossible" , so "It is almost impossible for him to get married with Britney" is better.12blockquote
10Exactly. 01i00impossible02i00 is an absolute extreme, like 01i00perfect02i00. Things can be 01i00almost i
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0Hi! Grammar Geek.02br
00It's really helpful. I understand what you mean.02br
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00It's not a matter of which word ("unlikely" or "impossible") goes well with "rather", is it?02br
00Using "unlikely" or "impossible" in the natural sentence form is important, right?0-
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0Hi, Your response really helped me understand that.02br
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01i00impossible is an absolute extreme, like perfect. Things can be almost impossible or almost perfect, but not rather or somewhat or a little bit impossible or perfect.02i02br
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00I remember that.02br
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00Thanks!0-
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