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Newguest Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Fared well

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It it OK to say: Do you know if he fared well during the exam?
  

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Hi, It it OK to say: Do you know if he fared well during the exam? It's not wrong, but it's rather uncommon. More common is eg Do you know if he did well during the exam?

— Clive

  • Hi, It it OK to say: Do you know if he fared well during the exam?
  • It's not wrong, but it's rather uncommon.
  • More common is eg Do you know if he did well during the exam?
  • Clive
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Hi,

It it OK to say: Do you know if he fared well during the exam?

It's not wrong, but it's rather uncommon.

More common is

eg Do you know if he did well during the exam?



Clive
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Hi

But if I said: Do you know if he's faring well with his new business - that would be better?
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Hi,

My comment is the same as before.

Clive Emotion: smile
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Hi, Newguest,
"To fare well" strikes me as a little bit old fashioned, still popular only with old farts like myself. Think of the expression "Fare thee well," popular in poems and songs. "How did you fare?" is the same.
We now use the term "farewell" only when we wish to sound poetic.

I can't think of a sentence off hand which no one would consider uncommon. Perhaps someone e
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