Some people are born with hard-luck

0 Hey Jackson,02br
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00I think the verb should be: 01i00were born02i02br
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00The rest seems fine to me, unfortunately I'm not a native speaker! 0-

0 Yes, but do not hyphenate "hard luck"0-

0 Can I add "a" infront of "hard luck"?02br
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00" Some people were born with a hard luck. "02br
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00Is this correct?0-

0I think bad luck sounds more natural than hard luck (hard luck just seems to refer to a single incident to me).02br
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00Some people are born with bad luck.02br
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00No article 'a'.0-

1b00To Aikea02b00,02br
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00I don't think it's correct to use ''a'' in front of 01i00hard luck02i00.02br
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01b00To Francesca02b00,02br
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01font00Why would 01i01b00were02b02i00 be used instead of 01b

0 Right, the word 'luck' is uncountable, so you should 01u00not02u00 use 'a'.02br
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00"01i00Some people are born ...02i00": The word 'are' is used to state a general fact that is always true (i.e. in the past, in the present and in the future). 'Are' is fine.0-

0Hey Jackson, it's just that it sounds strange to me because I've always seen the verb to be in the simple past form before 'born'; anyway if the native speaker say that 'are born' is correct trust them and not me 050010id1