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The word, fate, is both countable and uncountable.
(1) My uncle faced a lot of challenges throughout his life and never had any success. He told me that he had bad fate.
(2) My uncle faced a lot of challenges throughout his life and never had any success. He told me that he had bad fates.
Which one is correct? Thanks for your help.
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Sentence (1) is better than sentence (2) in other words, "fate", not "fates". But the sentence would be better if you say that your uncle had bad luck. That would be more colloquial. If he was reminiscing about old times, you could say "He told me he had had bad luck."
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Fate is what is 'meant' to happen. It is not good or bad. His fate was to have bad luck, to have bad things happen.
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