for which there is a good chance to happen

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sunyaer

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This is a sentence I made myself. I wanted to say something has a good chance to happen with “there is a good chance”:

“If we have to consider temporary shutdown of the warning system for which there is a good chance to happen, a backup system is needed.”

Is the above sentence idiomatic with “for which there is a good chance to happen”?
 
    • No – “for which there is a good chance to happen” doesn’t work. You can say:

    which has a good chance of happening :tick:
    which is more than likely [to happen at some point] :tick::thumbsup:
     
    It’s not very good, no. The expression isn’t a great fit for your context, in my view. But more generally, “There’s a good chance that [X will happen]” is fine, as is “we’re in with a good chance of…”
     
    lingobingo said:
    It’s not very good, no. The expression isn’t a great fit for your context, in my view. ...
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    Is there a context that fit with "which has a good chance to happen"? Simply, there is a choice difference with "...chance of happening" and "...chance to happen".
     
    They work a bit differently.

    it has a good chance of happening :thumbsup:
    it has a good chance to happen :thumbsdown:

    we have good chance of achieving that = the odds are in our favour
    we have a good chance to achieve that = this is a good opportunity for us to do so
     
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