Spirits were low

[tufguy]

1) I didn't feel like going out because my spirits were low.
2) He was so excited because his spirits were high.

Please check my sentences.

 

[emsr2d2]

1) I didn't feel like going out because my spirits were low.
2) He was so excited because his spirits were high.

Please check my sentences.

Sentence 1 is OK although saying "my spirits were low" is rather old-fashioned.
Sentence 2 doesn't work because it's tautologous. Saying "his spirits were high" means much the same as "he was very excited". Also, don't use "so" to mean "very".

 

[Tarheel]

Sentence two is almost like saying he was excited because he was excited.

 

[emsr2d2]

Sentence two is almost like saying he was excited because he was excited.

Hence my use of the word "tautologous" in post #2.