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Hly2004 Posted 21 years ago
Vocabulary

"Failure is not an option"

(1)A general said:" I'll have you take the mission,and Failure is not an option"

meaning: "you must suceed "

(2)A man said "I really tried and failure is not an option,if it were,then you just don't choose to fail"

meaning: no one really want to fail,

which one is correct? and if neither of them is correct,what's the meaning?
  

Top answer

1 makes sense. 2 does not quite make sense.

  • 1 makes sense.
  • 2 does not quite make sense.
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4 Answers
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1 makes sense.

2 does not quite make sense.
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I agree with Nona. But it is "succeed". Typo, I guess...
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You are mixing up past and present tenses too much in 2, and it seems to contradict itself as well.

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