Ali je failingstega stavka gerund?

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Rebecca
Pravzaprav je ta failingssamostalnik sam po sebi. To je izraz, ki se nanaša na slabosti ali pomanjkljivosti nekoga. Z drugimi besedami, failings as a manpomeni weakness(šibkost)/shortcomings(pomanjkljivost) as a man. Primer: Being unable to forge close friendships is one of my personal failings as a person. (To, da ne morem graditi tesnih prijateljstev, je ena mojih osebnih pomanjkljivosti kot človeško bitje.) Primer: I feel like my fatal failing is my lack of ability to trust others. (Moja usodna napaka je, da ne zaupam drugim.)