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Reegis Posted 7 years ago
Vocabulary

I would rather be a failure doing something I love than be a success doing something I hate.

Hello.

Please let's have a look at the two sentences:

1) I would rather be a failure doing something I love than be a success doing something I hate.
2) I would rather fail doing something I love than succeed doing something I hate.

- Are both completely interchangeable?
- Is any of them more natural?
- Can we exchange 'something' for 'what'?

  

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They sound OK to me, and they seem to mean the same thing, basically. "What" would sound a little odd in "doing what I hate".

  • They sound OK to me, and they seem to mean the same thing, basically.
  • "What" would sound a little odd in "doing what I hate".
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They sound OK to me, and they seem to mean the same thing, basically. "What" would sound a little odd in "doing what I hate".

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The first seems better to my ear.
"What" is fine.

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