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    Default 'Finding more that unlikely...'

    'Finding more than that is unlikely, as tomb robbers looted the pyramid'

    What does ''Finding more than that is unlikely,' mean in this sentence?
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    Default Re: 'Finding more that unlikely...'

    Need more context to give anything beyond a guess, but here goes:

    Order of likelyhood of this "finding" from highest to lowest-
    Definitely, Probably, Maybe, Maybe not, Unlikely, More than unlikely, Definitely not.
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    Default Re: 'Finding more that unlikely...'

    Quote Originally Posted by wotcha View Post
    'Finding more that unlikely, as tomb robbbers looted the pyramid'

    What does ''Finding more that unlikely,' mean in this sentence?
    I'm assuming, as I think did J&K that there is a typo in your post and that it's meant to say "more than unlikely", not "more that unlikely" which I can't make any sense of.

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    Default Re: 'Finding more that unlikely...'

    sorry for my typo! The actual sentence is

    'Finding more than that it is unlikely, as tomb robbers looted the pyramid'

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    Default Re: 'Finding more that unlikely...'

    Then emsr2d2 and J&K are correct.

    Finding more than that (which they have already found) is unlikely, as tomb robbers looted the pyramid.

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    Default Re: 'Finding more that unlikely...'

    Quote Originally Posted by wotcha View Post
    sorry for my typo! The actual sentence is

    'Finding more than that it is unlikely, as tomb robbers looted the pyramid'
    Have you added another typo?! Now I can't work out why the word "it" is there.

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