fail her at math

[ademoglu]

Hi,

http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/fail_1

b) [transitive] to decide that someone has not passed a test or examination:

- Her work was so bad that I had no choice but to fail her.

I would like to ask if we can use 'at' before, for example, 'math':

- I had no choice but to fail her at math.

Thanks.

 

[teechar]

I had no choice but to fail her in math.
;-)

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teechar.

Or, maths.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

I am not a teechar.

Or, maths.

Roman is making jokes. There's no S at the end of math, and teacher isn't spelled teechar.

It's a great question. In versus at can be tricky.

I failed her in math, but she beat me at tennis.

Just keep listening, reading, and visiting us. These kinds of questions sort themselves out in time.

 

[Roman55]

I am not a teacher.

The 'joke' was a reference to poster #2, whose post inspired mine.

Maths was not a joke. That's what we say in BrE.

 

[lotus888]

That's interesting. I suppose it's in reference to mathematic(s). In the US, we never say maths. We say math or mathematics.


--lotus