all hurdled of life

[vectra]

Hello,

Does the phrase 'all hurdles of life' make sense in the following context:

'it's great when a person can do something that gives them pleasure and brings money. As we can see in the article, the boy tries to behave as a man and in my opinion he does it perfectly. I think he isn't yet prepared well for all hurdles of life, but he tries to be a man, not a defenseless boy.'

Thank you for the time and help.

[BobK]

Shakespeare called them 'the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune', but 'hurdles' is fine.

Two tiny nits:

• If you're aiming for Am. English, 'defenseless' is right; the Br E has a c.
• 'behave like a man' would be better. I think it's compulsory for Am E, though a prescriptively-taught Br Eng-speaking pedant () would hold that it should be 'behave as a man would'

b

[Gillnetter]

Hello,

Does the phrase 'all hurdles of life' make sense in the following context:

'it's great when a person can do something that gives them pleasure and brings money. As we can see in the article, the boy tries to behave as a man and in my opinion he does it perfectly. I think he isn't yet prepared well for all the hurdles of life, but he tries to be a man, not a defenseless boy.'

Thank you for the time and help.

It makes sense to me if the article "the" is added. "all hurdles of life" is incorrect. "the" is required since this article points to the various obstacles one will encounter in life.

[vectra]

Hello,
The site we post comments at is an American one, and it has an in-built spell-checker which works fast. So I have no option but to stick to AmE. I used to explain the differences in detail, but now I have stopped. The main idea is to speak good English and be aware of possible differences between BrE and AmE.

Shakespeare called them 'the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune', but 'hurdles' is fine.

Two tiny nits:

• If you're aiming for Am. English, 'defenseless' is right; the Br E has a c.
• 'behave like a man' would be better. I think it's compulsory for Am E, though a prescriptively-taught Br Eng-speaking pedant () would hold that it should be 'behave as a man would'

b