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A Blinkin'  #245422  Fri, 14 Jul 06 02:41 AM
His final outcome is doomed to be destroyed.
...so the final outcomes of all these people are to be happy and they are fated to be joyful.

seems these sentences don't sound right, but I'm not sure why. are their final outcomes doomed or is the person doomed? and what's the difference?
  
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Clive  #245481  Fri, 14 Jul 06 07:15 AM

Hi,

His final outcome is doomed to be destroyed.
...so the final outcomes of all these people are to be happy and they are fated to be joyful.

seems these sentences don't sound right, but I'm not sure why. are their final outcomes doomed or is the person doomed? and what's the difference?

It all seems like rather poor English. You need to supply more context to make it possible for someone to understand and explain properly.

Best wishes, Clive
  
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