chance of engaging OR chance to engage?

cftranslate · Post by **cftranslate** » Wed May 24, 2006 10:24 pm

Which of the following is heard and said by natives speakers:

a) We had a chance of engaging in real communication.
a) We had a chance to engage in real communication.

Thanks.

abufletcher · Post by **abufletcher** » Thu May 25, 2006 1:10 pm

A Google search should show which is more frequently occurring.

Amy_H · Post by **Amy_H** » Thu May 25, 2006 2:44 pm

Hi cftranslate

You can say either, but are you aware that the sentences have different meanings?

Amy

cftranslate · Post by **cftranslate** » Wed May 31, 2006 1:58 pm

Amy_H wrote:Hi cftranslate

You can say either, but are you aware that the sentences have different meanings?

Amy

No, I am not. What's the difference?

A Google search resulted in am overwhelming occurrence frequency in favor or "engage to".