“Oft” is just short for “often.” Something that happens on an off chance is something that happens rarely, not often; so the expression is not “on the oft chance” but “on the off chance.”
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“Oft” is just short for “often.” Something that happens on an off chance is something that happens rarely, not often; so the expression is not “on the oft chance” but “on the off chance.”
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