-to fail to do o to fail doing?-
- -to fail to do o to fail doing?-
- Nota d'uso
Quando to fail è seguito da un altro verbo, questo è di norma all'infinito preceduto da to: They failed to close the deal, non sono riusciti a chiudere l'affare (non They failed closing the deal).
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