None of his sons has managed to land a job

[NAL123]

Suppose a father has three sons. All of them applied for some position in government service, but unfortunately, each one of them failed to get such a position. Since then, they've been trying and trying, but without success. One day, while talking about this, one of their relatives says:

1) None of his sons could land a job in government service.

2) None of his sons has been able to land a job in government service.

3) None of his sons has managed to land a job in government service.

Could any one of them be used in the above situation?

 

[Tarheel]

Yes, they are all good.

 

[Tarheel]

Try:

A man has three sons. All of them applied for a job in government service. None of them succeeded in getting hired.

 

[Tdol]

The first might imply that they have given up on trying, while the others could mean that they will try again.

 

[Tarheel]

Rewrite.

A man has three sons. All of them applied for jobs in government service, but none of them got hired. However, they have kept trying--so far without success.

 

[Tdol]

If the man works for the government, he's not much use.

 

[Tarheel]

If the man works for the government, he's not much use.

He's not much use to his sons as far as getting them hired.