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Pelin
Are both sentences OK?
a rumoor etc.
- It is likely to be true.
- There's a high probability that it's true.
13 sept. 2023 19:01
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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)
14 septembre 2023
Yes.
13 septembre 2023
Yes.
13 septembre 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.'
13 septembre 2023
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Anglais, Turc
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