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leslie
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 Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 9:41 pm Post subject: failure in/on/at? |
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Hi,
If I want to express that I'm a person who always fail doing specific things, can I say it as: you know I have always been a failure on such thing as love? Or, can I say: I've always been a love failure? Which is the naturalest way to express it? What prepositions should I use?Thanks for your help!
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lotus
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:00 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Leslie,
Try:
I've never been good at love.
I hope that's not true!
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pavilion
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| Posted: Mon Mar 20, 2006 10:02 pm Post subject: Re: failure in/on/at? |
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| leslie wrote: |
Hi,
If I want to express that I'm a person who always fail doing specific things, can I say it as: you know I have always been a failure on such thing as love? Or, can I say: I've always been a love failure? Which is the naturalest way to express it? What prepositions should I use?Thanks for your help!
Leslie |
You can say, You know, I have always been a failure at love.
The most natural (not "naturalest") way to say it would be:
I've always failed at love.
I've never had much luck with love.
Love never has been my thing.
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leslie
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Thank you, lotus, and pavilion. Thank you for correcting my grammar, pavilion. BTW, is there a general guideline to the usage of prepositions? And, can I say this sentence as "I have always been a failure to love."? Thanks in advance.
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