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Q1
As luck could have it=if you get lucky?

Q2
She is being denied "of" her right. Does the "of" exist?

Q3
I am not enslaved by fashions dictated "to" me by males.
Can I use "by" in this sample sentence?

Q4
There are churhes in every country.
There is churhes in every country.
Which one is correct?

Q5
It's not death that people "necessarily" fear as much as the dying process.
I find the existence of "necessarily" weird. Could anyone explain the meaning in this case?


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Q1: As luck could have it=if you get lucky?
--The expression is, "As luck would have it," meaning, "As it turned out, by chance / fortune." "As luck would have it, the last bottle of cold medicine was sold right before I got to the store. I had to go somewhere else."

Q2: She is being denied "of" her right. Does the "of" exist?
--It's fine as just "being denied her right."

Q3: I am not enslaved by fashions dictated "to" me by males.
Can I use "by" in this sample sentence?
--Yes.

Q4: There are churhes in every country.
There is churhes in every country.
Which one is correct?
--There are churches in every country. There is a church in every village. There is a cathedral in every city.

Q5: It's not death that people "necessarily" fear as much as the dying process.
I find the existence of "necessarily" weird. Could anyone explain the meaning in this case?
--It is pretty common to use "necessarily" this way, but this sentence would be just as good, or better, without "necessarily" and with the first "as" changed to "so."
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