Stroke of luck
Hi,
1) “I think that I’ve had my stroke of bad luck for today.” (Nothing else can go wrong.)
Could ‘stroke of bad luck’ be used in this example? Perhaps I’m confusing it with a different phrase.
2)"I am a huge animal lover and as such I would like to start a charity for dogs."
Is 'as such' correct in the sentence above?
I’ve already posted this question, but I didn’t get a clear answer. One person told me that it was correct while an anonymous said that it couldn’t be used that way.
Thank you so much! 
Top answer
"stroke of luck" refers to good luck. g. ", but its use in (1) does not feel tremendously natural to me, though I would not say it is definitely wrong.
- "stroke of luck" refers to good luck.
- g.
- ", but its use in (1) does not feel tremendously natural to me, though I would not say it is definitely wrong.
- "as such" is correctly used.
- Perhaps some people might think it a bit jargony or possibly superfluous in this context.
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"stroke of luck" refers to good luck. People do sometimes say "stroke of bad lack", e.g. "What a stroke of bad luck!", but its use in (1) does not feel tremendously natural to me, though I would not say it is definitely wrong.
"as such" is correctly used. Perhaps some people might think it a bit jargony or possibly superfluous in this context. Probably I would put commas around it too.
01) should be: "I had a stroke of bad luck today. Everything that could possibly have gone wrong did."
0GPY has a point. But you can't pair "stroke of bad luck" with "nothing else can go wrong" like this. You'd have to say something like:
"I've had more than my share of bad luck today. Nothing else can possibly go wrong."
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