Hello,
1. I never in my life laid a plan and failed to carry out it.
I have to rewrite the above sentence in the affirmative form with changing the meaning.
A. I always in my life laid a plan and succeeded to carry out it.
B. In my life, I always laid a plan and succeeded to carry out it.
Which one is correct?
Thanks.
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Re: failed
Hi Hanuman,
We usually use 'made a plan' or, in your context 'had a plan', rather than 'laid a plan' when talking about our personal plans. You will see 'laid' being used with 'plans' but usually in the expression 'the best-laid plans'. B. is definitely the one to go for, with a couple of changes, as follows:
A. In my life, I always had a plan and succeeded in carrying it out. [Note the position of 'always' before the verb and 'succeeded in carrying...' rather than 'succeeded to carry...'.
Hope this is helpful,
Sue
We usually use 'made a plan' or, in your context 'had a plan', rather than 'laid a plan' when talking about our personal plans. You will see 'laid' being used with 'plans' but usually in the expression 'the best-laid plans'. B. is definitely the one to go for, with a couple of changes, as follows:
A. In my life, I always had a plan and succeeded in carrying it out. [Note the position of 'always' before the verb and 'succeeded in carrying...' rather than 'succeeded to carry...'.
Hope this is helpful,
Sue
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Teacher of English for 10 years. CELTA and DTLLS qualified. Linguistics and Anthropology graduate.