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opportunity and possibility

We often say that somebody has the opportunity to do / of doing something.

  • I have the opportunity to go to Denmark next year. (= I can go …)

Possibility is not often used in this structure. It is more normal to say that there is a possibility of something happening.

  • There’s a possibility of my going to Denmark next year. (= I may go …) (More natural than I have the possibility to go to Denmark …)