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* Lucky or fortunate?Paul Epstein
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`* Re: Lucky or fortunate?Mark Brader
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 by: Paul Epstein - Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:19 UTC

This sentence struck me as really odd:
"This week I was very lucky to attend a parliamentary reception held by SportsAid."

"lucky" should be "fortunate", I think?

Paul Epstein

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 by: TonyCooper - Thu, 30 Mar 2023 12:47 UTC

On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 05:19:06 -0700 (PDT), Paul Epstein
<pepstein5@gmail.com> wrote:

>This sentence struck me as really odd:
>"This week I was very lucky to attend a parliamentary reception held by SportsAid."
>
>"lucky" should be "fortunate", I think?
>
>Paul Epstein

If the person was lucky to attend the reception, it implies that
chance was a factor; that a lottery, for example, was held and the
person won a ticket.

If the person was fortunate to attend the reception, it implies that
the person was not normally someone who was able to attend the
reception.

Without further context, the safe word to use is "pleased".
--

Tony Cooper - Orlando,Florida

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 by: Mark Brader - Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:46 UTC

Paul Epstein:
> This sentence struck me as really odd:
> "This week I was very lucky to attend a parliamentary reception held by
> SportsAid."
>
> "lucky" should be "fortunate", I think?

Seems fine to me either way.
--
Mark Brader | "What a strange field. Studying beings instead of mathematics.
Toronto | Could lead to recursive problems in logic."
msb@vex.net | -- Robert L. Forward (The Flight of the Dragonfly)

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 by: Ken Blake - Fri, 31 Mar 2023 00:28 UTC

On Thu, 30 Mar 2023 23:46:29 +0000, msb@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:

>Paul Epstein:
>> This sentence struck me as really odd:
>> "This week I was very lucky to attend a parliamentary reception held by
>> SportsAid."
>>
>> "lucky" should be "fortunate", I think?
>
>Seems fine to me either way.

Same to me.

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