动名词和不定式作宾语的区别

题目

动名词和不定式作宾语的区别
alomst everyone fails ---on the first try.
A:in passing his driver's test.B:to pass his driver's test
我真不知道A错哪了,不是有fail in doing sth(未能做某事）的说法吗?

答案

fail to do 既可以表示没有做某事;也可以表示做了,但失败了.fail in doing 表示做了,但失败了,而且是中途失败.最重要的是：“考试失败”必须说：fail to pass the test或 fail in the test或 didn't pass the test ...