[Grammar] What are the odds that we win the war

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Marina Gaidar

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How is it correct to say: "What are the odds that we win the war?" or "What are the odds for us to win the war?"
 

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Both are pretty fine.
 

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The first seems much more natural to me.
 

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The first seems much more natural to me.

Yes you are right. In fact it does the same to me as well.
But even saying so, I find nothing wrong with the second one.
 

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What are the odds on us winning the war?

I find the second example in the original post very unnatural.
 

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What are the odds on us winning the war?

I find the second example in the original post very unnatural.

So do I. Another possiblity would be "What are the odds against us winning this war".
 
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