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Junkomama
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 Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 12:06 am Post subject: prophecy |
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If a prophecy doesn't come true, is it OK to say "The prophecy failed."?
If not, what kind of verbs can be used instead of "failed"?
Thank you in advance,
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Anuradha Chepur
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 3:23 am Post subject: |
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I should think 'failed' is good enough.
The prophecy went wrong/didn't come true. |
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Junkomama
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:11 am Post subject: |
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Hello, Anuradha-san.
Thank you so much for your answer!!
Regards,
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varekai_
Joined: 18 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Wed Oct 18, 2006 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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hey there!
i would recommend using "the prophecy was inaccurate". prophecies are more like guesses: they don't have an expected standard of success, and sometimes they are partially right or ambiguous. so they don't usually get labelled as a pass or fail, but are graded more in terms of their accuracy.
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Junkomama
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| Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 5:17 pm Post subject: |
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Hello, varekai_ san.
Thank you for your comment!
It helps a lot!!
Regards,
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