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1) It would be good for him to lose. 2) For him to lose would be good.
Those could mean that he would benefit from losing. But could it also mean:
a) It would be good that he should lose.
Gratefully, Navi
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For all practical purposes, all three sentences mean the same thing. The difference is, however, the second and third sentences are not natural -- the wording is clumsy.
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