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by Deactivated5481 • 27 Feb 2008, 20:20 • Journals
is the term "...bank robbery, which turns out to fail epically..." informal and shouldnt be used in written work?

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Xo 27 Feb 2008, 20:23
failing epically is not the general to say such things. I'd go for fail miserably.
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Deactivated5481 27 Feb 2008, 20:25
hm
how about "go wrong miserably"?
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Xo 27 Feb 2008, 20:28
dunno in what tense you wrote it. but "a bank robbery, which went wrong miserably" is a nais 1 sentence
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Pickelschwanz 27 Feb 2008, 20:27
attempted bank robbery?
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Deactivated5481 27 Feb 2008, 20:32
i'm writing about the movie "purely belter"
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Pickelschwanz 27 Feb 2008, 20:36
sorry I don't know it.
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Deactivated5481 27 Feb 2008, 20:41
its quite a decent movie, although i could hardly understand anything because of the accent (i guess its from newcastle).

its about two boys from a socially depressed neighbourhood who dont desire anything more but possessing season tickets for their football team... so they try earning money in different ways, and in the end they attempt a bank robbery.
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Hursteh 27 Feb 2008, 20:51
failing epically is not the general to say such things. I'd go for fail miserably.
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Deactivated5924 27 Feb 2008, 20:54
"...bank robbery, which was EPIC FAIL"

seems formal enough
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dinev 27 Feb 2008, 21:17
b4nK r0bB3rY iZ tH3 Ep!x fA!L OLOLOL
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xedos 27 Feb 2008, 22:16
yup...it fails miserably in the english language...epic fail is a gaming term ;)))x))
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