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Alc24 Posted 17 years ago
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FORE SUCCEEDING vs TO SUCCEED NEED major help


Which would you say?

1 The pros didn't like the fact that it would take god knows how many tries to succeed in one of the tournaments

2 The pros didn't like the fact that it would take god knows how many tries before succeeding in a tournament.

3 The pros didn't like the fact that it would take many tournaments to succeed/before succeeding.

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what about The pros didn't like the fact that it would take *** knows how many tournament before you succeeded... Thank you

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what about

The pros didn't like the fact that it would take *** knows how many tournament before you succeeded...

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The first sentence in your first post makes the most sense.
By "succeed," I assume that you mean to come in first place. I suppose it could also mean to do more than break even on their expenses.

The pros didn't like that fact that they would have to play in *** knows how many tournaments before finally succeeding to win one.

The pros didn't like that fact that they would
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Using the word *** in this context is offensive. Is that your purpose?
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So you can say

1 The pros didn't like the fact that they would have to play *** knows how many tournament before they succeeded.

2 The pros didn't like the fact that they would have to play *** knows how many tournaments to succeed.

3 The pros didn't like the fact that they would haveto play many tournaments to succeed in one of them.

ARE THESE CORRECT,
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alc241 The pros didn't like the fact that they would have to play *** knows how many tournaments before they succeeded.

2 The pros didn't like the fact that they would have to play *** knows how many tournaments to succeed.

3 The pros didn't like the fact that they would have to play many tournaments to succeed in one of them.

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