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5 February
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One survey of online shoppers found that dot-com ads fall flat *with about 25% of consumers.
Is it okay to use "against" instead?
One survey of online shoppers found that dot-com ads fall flat *with about 25% of consumers.
Is it okay to use "against" instead?
Is it okay to use "against" instead?
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@lamdanpoki I got it. Thanks a lot again. Good to have a chance to clarify my understanding. U^ｪ^U
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“Fall flat” means to be unsuccessful/to fail. So “against” would not make sense here.
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@bsloan7 Thanks a lot as always. So what would be replacements that you think are good for "with" in this context?🤔
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@nomadatlatl I don’t think you should replace it. Prepositions aren’t like regular words. They don’t necessarily have synonyms. Sometimes you can use a different preposition in a phrase/sentence without changing the meaning or sounding unnatural, but that’s not always the case.
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@bsloan7 Apart from articles, how to use propositions properly is also quite hard to non-native speakers, me included.
Thanks a lot for your good suggestion.🙇 I wish I learned to use them as naturally as native speakers.😢 I'll have to learn a lot more.👍
Thanks a lot for your good suggestion.🙇 I wish I learned to use them as naturally as native speakers.😢 I'll have to learn a lot more.👍
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