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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 āϕ⧀’ āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāϛ⧇āύ āĻ•āϤ āϘāύ āϘāύ āĻŦāĻž āϕ⧋āύ āĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ āϜāĻŋāύāĻŋāϏ āϘāϟāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“What are the chances of getting tickets?”

“āϟāĻŋāĻ•āĻŋāϟ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are the chances of that happening?”

“āĻāϟāĻž āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are the chances of it raining today?”

“āφāϜ āĻŦ⧃āĻˇā§āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are the chances of winning the lottery?”

“āϞāϟāĻžāϰāĻŋ āĻœā§‡āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

When replacing the word ‘the’ with ‘your’ or ‘our’ you can ask what the chances ‘personally’ that the topic will happen.

‘āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ’ āĻŦāĻž ‘āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ’ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ ‘the’ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ ‘āĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇’ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧāϟāĻŋ āϘāϟāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āĻāĻŽāύ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āϕ⧀ āϤāĻž āϜāĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāĻžāϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāĨ¤

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āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“What are the chances of you staying home today?”

“āφāϜ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are your chances of getting the job?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are your chances of improving?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¨ā§āύāϤāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are your chances of moving?”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏāϰāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are our chances of staying together?”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are our chances of working together?”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

“What are our chances of going together?”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻ•āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ?”

There is something wrong with + (noun)

You are informing someone that there is something not right or out of the ordinary.

āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāĻšā§āϛ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ• āĻŦāĻž āϏāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻžāχāϰ⧇ āύ⧇āχāĨ¤

Here are some examples:

āĻāĻ–āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖāσ:

“There is something wrong with my laptop.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ˛ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻĒ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with my car.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with my cell phone.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏ⧇āϞ āĻĢā§‹āύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with my head.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with your answering machine.”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤāϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§‡āĻļāĻŋāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϭ⧁āϞ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with your way of thinking.”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāϧāĻžāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϭ⧁āϞ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with your attitude.”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧋āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϭ⧁āϞ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with your dog.”

“āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with our relationship.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϭ⧁āϞ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤”

“There is something wrong with our alarm clock.”

“āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāϞāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻŽ āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤”