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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
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so well that

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

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Hi I think it is natural English, but it is not easy to see what it means I suppose it might mean: "Only a person who has become really successful can make a really big mistake. " It's a funny idea but it is a good sentence, I think Dave

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  • Hi I think it is natural English, but it is not easy to see what it means I suppose it might mean: "Only a person who has become really successful can make a really big mistake.
  • " It's a funny idea but it is a good sentence, I think Dave
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Hi

I think it is natural English, but it is not easy to see what it means

I suppose it might mean: "Only a person who has become really successful can make a really big mistake. I want to do so well that I end up messing up."

It's a funny idea but it is a good sentence, I think

Dave
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I try too hard, and end up messing up?
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I'm sure you're right, Blue Jay. I was looking for something too complicated

Dave
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I was talking about myself, Dave. Were you?
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Ha-ha! I suppose that is what we do when we try to understand an unexpected idea

Dave
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