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Lucus Ong Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Fail and fail in

I found this problem in my dictionary.
I passed in maths but failed in French.
He failed his driving-test.
I curious about why it says failed his driving-test and doesn't say failed in his driving-test.
failed in Frech and doesn't say failed French.
Great thanks in advance
  

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If someone fails in their duty or fails in their responsibilities, they do not do everything that they have a duty or a responsibility to do. If you fail to do something that you were trying to do, you are unable to do it or do not succeed in doing it. But there is no explicit difference in them, indeed.

— Fandorin

  • If someone fails in their duty or fails in their responsibilities, they do not do everything that they have a duty or a responsibility to do.
  • If you fail to do something that you were trying to do, you are unable to do it or do not succeed in doing it.
  • But there is no explicit difference in them, indeed.
  • You can use both of them without changing the main meaning.
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If someone fails in their duty or fails in their responsibilities, they do not do everything that they have a duty or a responsibility to do.

If you fail to do something that you were trying to do, you are unable to do it or do not succeed in doing it.

But there is no explicit difference in them, indeed. You can use both of them without changing the m
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Hi,

Broadly speaking, when you say 'I failed in X', you are indicating more that X is the general area in which the failure occured.

Best wishes, Clive
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