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Tinanam0102 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Ready to take a chance on / at / for love
Hi teachers,
Quoted from Mr. Micawber in one thread:
"She accepted suffering as a component of deep passion and was resigned to put her feelings at risk"
"Ready to take a chance on love"
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I read from a passage, "to have a chance at happiness/success", here the preposition is "at"; Another one I read was "We don't want to let a bad presentation to hurt our chance for a listing."
> Does it have to do with the common usage"take something on/ take on something"? Or it's the idiom phrase "take a chance"? Thanks.
Regards,
Tinanam
Quoted from Mr. Micawber in one thread:
"She accepted suffering as a component of deep passion and was resigned to put her feelings at risk"
"Ready to take a chance on love"
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I read from a passage, "to have a chance at happiness/success", here the preposition is "at"; Another one I read was "We don't want to let a bad presentation to hurt our chance for a listing."
> Does it have to do with the common usage"take something on/ take on something"? Or it's the idiom phrase "take a chance"? Thanks.
Regards,
Tinanam
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'Take a chance' is generally followed 'on' or 'at', I think. I haven't looked up 'have a chance', 'hurt one's change', etc. " Take a Chance on Me" is a song recorded in 1977 by Swedish dance-pop group ABBA.
- 'Take a chance' is generally followed 'on' or 'at', I think.
- I haven't looked up 'have a chance', 'hurt one's change', etc.
- " Take a Chance on Me" is a song recorded in 1977 by Swedish dance-pop group ABBA.
- Bay Area locals take a chance at becoming a television success
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'Take a chance' is generally followed 'on' or 'at', I think. I haven't looked up 'have a chance', 'hurt one's change', etc.
"Take a Chance on Me" is a song recorded in 1977 by Swedish dance-pop group ABBA.
Bay Area locals take a chance at becoming a television success
"Take a Chance on Me" is a song recorded in 1977 by Swedish dance-pop group ABBA.
Bay Area locals take a chance at becoming a television success
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Hi Mister Micawber,
Thank you for the answer.
>Does "take a chance" have the same meaning as "take one's chances" as they both mean to "gamble"?
>One entry of "take a chance" in my dictionary: "I'll take a chance with the weather and go for a pinic." Why is that "with" is used, and not "on."
>Just on a curious hunch, does "at"
Thank you for the answer.
>Does "take a chance" have the same meaning as "take one's chances" as they both mean to "gamble"?
>One entry of "take a chance" in my dictionary: "I'll take a chance with the weather and go for a pinic." Why is that "with" is used, and not "on."
>Just on a curious hunch, does "at"
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Does "take a chance" have the same meaning as "take one's chances" as they both mean to "gamble"?-- Roughly. 'Take a chance' adheres more to the concept, I think.
One entry of "take a chance" in my dictionary: "I'll take a chance with the weather and go for a pinic." Why is that "with" is used, and not "on."-- OK, it appears to be another possible preposition, but 'with' gene
One entry of "take a chance" in my dictionary: "I'll take a chance with the weather and go for a pinic." Why is that "with" is used, and not "on."-- OK, it appears to be another possible preposition, but 'with' gene
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I'd say "chance on" is used almost exclusively with the verb "take".
"Take a chance on" suggests "to risk" or "to gamble on".
I would not use "have a chance on".
The use of "at" in an expression such as "have a chance at" suggests that there is a possibilty of reaching a target or achieving a goal. It suggests a
"Take a chance on" suggests "to risk" or "to gamble on".
I would not use "have a chance on".
The use of "at" in an expression such as "have a chance at" suggests that there is a possibilty of reaching a target or achieving a goal. It suggests a
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Dear Mister Micawber and Yankee,
Thank you very much. I'm very happy.
Regards,
Tinanam
Thank you very much. I'm very happy.
Regards,
Tinanam
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