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Use the words fail, succeed Thu Mar 01, 2007 11:13 am  Use the words fail, succeed
 

Hi All,

When I use the word fail, I can say following:

I will try to do it but if I fail...

When I use the word succeed, I can say following:

I will try to do it but if I won't succeed...
Should I append in doing so?

I ask this question because in my native language we use it in the following way: I will try to do it but if it won't succeed me
Could I use this in English, too?
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Use the words fail, succeed Thu Mar 01, 2007 15:43 pm  Use the words fail, succeed
 

Hi,

Not necessarily. You could say: I will try but if I fail or I will try but if I don't succeed and also add 'in so doing' to both.

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