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Are both sentences OK? a rumoor etc. - It is likely to be true. - There's a high probability that it's true.
Sep 13, 2023 7:01 PM
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Yes. You can also use adverbs and say it this way: "It is likely true" "It is probably true". ("probably" means the probability is high)
September 14, 2023
Yes.
September 13, 2023
Yes.
September 13, 2023
A 'rumor' doesn't necessarily have any relation to its probability of being factual. A 'rumor' is just information/gossip that a person has heard, usually second hand, from other people...'through the grapevine,' so to speak. It may be true or it may be not; assessing it would require assessing the credibility of who you heard it from as well as their sources. The other sentences are both correct. Using 'high probability' is interesting; this implies that there is some quantitative, numerical basis that resulted in a probability being calculated. However, we do use it in a casual/non-scientific sense frequently; it then basically means 'likely.'
September 13, 2023
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