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16 Jan 2015
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What is the difference between "happen to" and "by any chance" ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
What is the difference between "happen to" and "by any chance" ?Feel free to just provide example sentences.
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- English (US)
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Happen & by any chance both mean occurrence. The only difference between these 2 is that "happen" could both mean the possibility and certainty whereas "by any chance" only means possibility!
Examples:
The car accident that happened yesterday took the lives of 3 people (certainty)
Do you have a lighter by any chance? (It's a possibility)
- Japanese
Thanks for your prompt answer, Allen!
I was going to ask the difference between "Do you 'happen to' know him?" and "Are you Allen 'by any chance'?". In this case, the first one means possibility and certainly, and the next one means just possibility?
I was going to ask the difference between "Do you 'happen to' know him?" and "Are you Allen 'by any chance'?". In this case, the first one means possibility and certainly, and the next one means just possibility?
- English (US)
"Do you happen to know" and "Do you know by chance" sound interchangable to me.
- Japanese
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