Use of What are the chances of + (verb-ing) & ; There is something wrong with + (noun); Day: 42
By asking ‘what are the chances of’ you are wondering how often or in what case would a particular thing happen.
‘āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻā§’ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻā§āύ āĻāϤ āĻāύ āĻāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§āύ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§āϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āĻāĻāĻŦā§āĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ:
“What are the chances of getting tickets?”
“āĻāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are the chances of that happening?”
“āĻāĻāĻž āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are the chances of it raining today?”
“āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are the chances of winning the lottery?”
“āϞāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻā§āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
When replacing the word ‘the’ with ‘your’ or ‘our’ you can ask what the chances ‘personally’ that the topic will happen.
‘āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ’ āĻŦāĻž ‘āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ’ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ ‘the’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ ‘āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§’ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧠āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻā§ āϤāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāϏāĻž āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ:
“What are the chances of you staying home today?”
“āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are your chances of getting the job?”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are your chances of improving?”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āύāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are your chances of moving?”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāϰāĻžāύā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are our chances of staying together?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are our chances of working together?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
“What are our chances of going together?”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻāϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻāĻŋ?”
There is something wrong with + (noun)
You are informing someone that there is something not right or out of the ordinary.
āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžāύāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āύ āϝ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻŖā§āϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻāϰ⧠āύā§āĻāĨ¤
Here are some examples:
āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāĻ:
“There is something wrong with my laptop.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϞā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻāĻĒā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with my car.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with my cell phone.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏā§āϞ āĻĢā§āύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with my head.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with your answering machine.”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāϤā§āϤāϰ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻļāĻŋāύ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϞ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with your way of thinking.”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϞ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with your attitude.”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϞ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with your dog.”
“āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻā§āĻā§āϰā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with our relationship.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϧā§āϝ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻā§āϞ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”
“There is something wrong with our alarm clock.”
“āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻ ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāϰā§āĻŽ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏāĻŽāϏā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤”