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Start date Aug 10, 2004

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navi tasan

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Aug 10, 2004

#1

Are both these sentences correct:
1-Yesterday there was no chance that it might rain.
2-Yesterday it couldn't rain.

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Tdol

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Aug 10, 2004

#2

Not really- I'd say 'no chance of rain' for the first and avoid the second, unless nature seemed to be trying to rain and finding it impossible. ;-)

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navi tasan

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Aug 10, 2004

#3

Well, it did try actually, but didn't quite manage!
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