Would you put the following statement another way, or correct the grammar etc.?
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June 17th, 2021
“Some of us fail an exam, some ace it , some in between.”
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“Some of us fail an exam, some Ace it, and some somewhere in between”
Is one of them better and if not what’s a better of putting it?
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Some of us fail an exam, some Ace it, and the rest are somewhere in between
Some of us fail an exam, some ace it (no capitalization), and the rest score somewhere in between.
Some of us fail an exam, and some of us ace it, and some of us fall somewhere in between.
While some of us fail an exam, some of us ace it, and some of us fall in between.
As written in the first way, it’s a run-on sentence and can also be called a comma splice. It’s 3 independent clauses that need a conjunction to divide them. By adding “and,” the sentence becomes correct with the addition of a verb for the third clause.
Some people fail an exam; others ace it; others do something in-between.
^That is technically correct but is also very ugly. ;-)
Some people see beauty in a semi-colon. ;-)
The verb needs adjustment. Some of us failed, some of us will fail, some of us will not fail, some of us may fail.
It is hard to tell without context. As it is, I agree with @SnipSnip that the problem is in the verb. Some of us have failed an exam, some have aced it, and some have been in between. Also, if it is not a particular exam, perhaps exams in plural sounds more general, as in Some of us fail exams, some ace them, and some fall in between. Again, context is everything.
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