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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
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At/On The Project
http://books.google.com/books?id=pZJjTe2FpxMC&pg=PA230&dq=%22failed+at+the+project%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=tzYnT9zTF-fbiAKM3MSYAQ&ved=0CDMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22failed%20at%20the%20project%22&f=false:
"He tried to convince his brother to manufacture shoes, but Alanson refused because several others had failed at the project in St. Louis."
http://books.google.com/books?id=TL0zxwDCSGcC&pg=PA83&dq=%22failed+on+the+project%22&hl=en&ei=oDcnT9TZFMigiQKtuv2lAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CDYQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22failed%20on%20the%20project%22&f=false:
"If they failed on the project, then they failed at work. The structure also allowed ease of reporting."
How are "failed at the project" and "failed on the project" different?
"He tried to convince his brother to manufacture shoes, but Alanson refused because several others had failed at the project in St. Louis."
http://books.google.com/books?id=TL0zxwDCSGcC&pg=PA83&dq=%22failed+on+the+project%22&hl=en&ei=oDcnT9TZFMigiQKtuv2lAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=book-thumbnail&resnum=1&ved=0CDYQ6wEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22failed%20on%20the%20project%22&f=false:
"If they failed on the project, then they failed at work. The structure also allowed ease of reporting."
How are "failed at the project" and "failed on the project" different?
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SheltieBites Source 1: "He tried to convince his brother to manufacture shoes, but Alanson refused because several others had failed at the project in St. "Source 2:"If they failed on the project, then they failed at work. "How are "failed at the project" and "failed on the project" different?
- SheltieBites Source 1: "He tried to convince his brother to manufacture shoes, but Alanson refused because several others had failed at the project in St.
- "Source 2:"If they failed on the project, then they failed at work.
- "How are "failed at the project" and "failed on the project" different?
- These sentences don't sound very natural to my ears.
- The prepositions are not needed in this type of construction.
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SheltieBitesSource 1: "He tried to convince his brother to manufacture shoes, but Alanson refused because several others had failed at the project in St. Louis."Source 2:"If they failed on the project, then they failed at work. The structure also allowed ease of reporting."How are "faile
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SheltieBitesHow are "failed at the project" and "failed on the project" different?There's no difference in meaning in your examples, in fact the second would be better if it used the parallel structure "failed at the project"/"failed at work."
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