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[maoyueh]

As a non-native speaker, I'd like to know whether the following sentence is correct. Thank you very much.

If you play a tug of war against time, you are doomed to be a loser.

[billmcd]

As a non-native speaker, I'd like to know whether the following sentence is correct. Thank you very much.

If you play a tug of war against time, you are doomed to be a loser.

Grammatically correct, yes. Philosphically correct, it depends.