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"it's equally possible"

The word equally possible implies equal chances for me. Otherwise it is equally possible, that the evidence was in fact planted by aliens.




I think in casual speech "equally possible" usually is taken to mean "also possible." I think most people would say "equally likely" to express what you're saying.


Thank you, I am not a native english speaker.


For what it’s worth, I am a native English speaker and I disagree with the other poster. I would interpret “equally possible” similarly to how you did.


Thank you, I suspected as much. That it is at least ambiguous.


Isn’t English fun?

I think “possible” has a less precise connotation than “probable” which suggests some statistics.


For what it's worth, to me, "it's equally possible" means "it's also possible, however remotely". I know it doesn't make sense, but, then again, neither does "I could care less".




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