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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Is this natural?

Is this natural English?
I want to do so well that I end up messing up.

meaning : I try too hard, and end up messing up?
  

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As we said before, this sentence is awkward and ambiguous. You could use it, but it would be much better to rewrite it.

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  • As we said before, this sentence is awkward and ambiguous.
  • You could use it, but it would be much better to rewrite it.
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As we said before, this sentence is awkward and ambiguous. You could use it, but it would be much better to rewrite it.
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AnonymousIs this natural English?
Not really. Use one of these:

I want so badly to do well that I end up messing up.
I want to do well so badly that I end up messing up.
I try so hard to do well that I end up messing up.

In any of those you may substitute 'failing' for 'messing up'.

CJ
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