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Question

Choose the sentence with properly used idiom (emphasized with boldface). Please note that a wrong answer choice  may be  grammatically correct.

A. We have  one chance in a million of  winning the World Cup.
B. We have  one in a million chances to  win the World Cup.
C. We have  one chance in a million for  winning the World Cup.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Bunuel · Answer

Official Solution:

Choose the sentence with properly used idiom (emphasized with boldface). Please note that a wrong answer choice  may be  grammatically correct.

A. We have  one chance in a million of  winning the World Cup.
B. We have  one in a million chances to  win the World Cup.
C. We have  one chance in a million for  winning the World Cup.
D. All of the above
E. None of the above

Answer: A

pseth123 · Answer

why is B wrong?

JainShubham · Answer

B uses 'chances', had it been 'chance', then B would have been the ideal choice.

demonhunter · Answer

I am not clear about the explanation

vishwash · Answer

thanks for an idiom rarely mentioned in any of the guides available in the marketplace.............

Adiquest09 · Answer

We have one in a million chances to win the World Cup

We - have one chances (should be - chance) - to win the World Cup

'in a million' - prepositional phrase

It seems the answer should be 'None of the above'.

pclawong · Answer

Does anyone have an explanation for this ?

SushiVoyage · Answer

"chance of" is the correct idiomatic usage.

SKap13 · Answer

I think this is a  poor-quality  question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate.

DaminiGawli · Answer

Please someone explain as it is very confusing and no one has been able to provide with the proper explanation.

mjv · Answer

Please explain why A is correct and why B and C are wrong.

vb1991 · Answer

This is a  poor-quality  question.

Are there popular examples of people using 'one chance in a million of xx'? I haven't come across any. Kind of defeats the purpose (of being idiomatic) if it's practically never used.

The correct idiomatic usage would be as follows:
 We have a one-in-a-million chance of winning the cup.

shubhpallav · Answer

I think this is a  poor-quality  question and the explanation isn't clear enough, please elaborate.

ProfChaos · Answer

The correct answer for this question should be 'None of the above'
Because the correct idiom is 'one in a million chance'

'one chance in a million chances' would also be correct, but 'one in a million chance' is more concise and widely used

'one chance in a million' is wrong

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictio ... -a-million

aronskelk · Answer

I think this is a  poor-quality  question and I don't agree with the explanation. E - none of the above. 
Correct: We have one in a million chance of winning the World Cup.

RituRaj8569 · Answer

I think this is a  poor-quality  question and I don't agree with the explanation. Answer is wrong. Correct answer is E

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SharbaniRoy · Answer

I think this is a  poor-quality  question and I don't agree with the explanation. I think the answer should be "one in a million chance of" and hence E

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