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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
lucky/fortunate
Hello,
I may be wrong but the sentences bellow mean the same thing to me:
- He was lucky/fortunate enough to have a very supportive family.
- She was very lucky/fortunate to escape without an injury.
Fortunate sounds more formal and elegant to me.
I may be wrong but the sentences bellow mean the same thing to me:
- He was lucky/fortunate enough to have a very supportive family.
- She was very lucky/fortunate to escape without an injury.
Fortunate sounds more formal and elegant to me.
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The two words mean the same thing, but they are not interchangeable, and which one to use is determined by the context. He was fortunate enough to have a very supportive family. ) She was very lucky to escape without an injury.
- The two words mean the same thing, but they are not interchangeable, and which one to use is determined by the context.
- He was fortunate enough to have a very supportive family.
- ) She was very lucky to escape without an injury.
- )
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The two words mean the same thing, but they are not interchangeable, and which one to use is determined by the context.
He was fortunate enough to have a very supportive family. ("Fortunate" would generally be the more formal word, but here "lucky" sounds too frivolous and informal for what would be regarded as a serious and important statement about the person.)
She was very l
He was fortunate enough to have a very supportive family. ("Fortunate" would generally be the more formal word, but here "lucky" sounds too frivolous and informal for what would be regarded as a serious and important statement about the person.)
She was very l
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They are the same. If I had to come up with differences I would say using the word "lucky" expresses relief, given the negative alternative. Or it can mean that things have a way of going well for someone. Fortunate focuses more on the overall positive. Think about their opposites--unlucky means something bad by chance happened, unfortunate means regrettable.
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