The climber failed ____ his attempts to reach the summit. A. in B. at C. with Note: Besides “in,” do we sometimes use other prepositions in conjunction with “fail”? If so, can you think of some examp

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The climber failed ____ his attempts to reach the summit. A. in B. at C. with Note: Besides “in,” do we sometimes use other prepositions in conjunction with “fail”? If so, can you think of some examples? I can only think of “fail to do something” Thanks

20 มิ.ย. 2013 เวลา 9:04

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I would say 'in' and 'at' are both good, they're both certainly very commonly used.

20 มิถุนายน 2013

**failed on**

20 มิถุนายน 2013

Got it, so "he failed his nth attempt" is also acceptable. Thanks for the confirmation!

20 มิถุนายน 2013

As Bill said, both "in" and "at" work in your example sentence. Another preposition you can use with "fail" is "on" but it's used in a more specific way: "The climber failed on his first/last/next attempt to reach the summit."

20 มิถุนายน 2013

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