The phrase "if not successful" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate a condition or result that may occur if a particular action or attempt is not successful. Example: John applied for numerous jobs, but if not successful, he plans to go back to school for a higher degree.
The United States has all but ruled out shooting down the rocket -- an action that could provoke Pyongyang into quitting sputtering nuclear disarmament talks and, if not successful, could embarrass the Pentagon.
But the law gives the person convicted of contempt in such a case the right to have the whole question on facts and law reviewed by three judges of the Circuit Court of Appeals who have had no part in the proceedings, and if not successful in that court, to apply to this Court for an opportunity for a similar review here.
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At 2.3 per thousand workers, Rochester, N.Y. is number one among the nation's 50 largest metro areas (think Kodak (nyse: EK - news - people ) and Xerox (nyse: XRX - news - people ): plenty of ideas, if not successful applications), followed by the San Francisco Bay Area (1.5), Austin (1.4), Minneapolis (0.9) and San Diego (0.8).
If not successful, we will sue the living daylights out of the league," Browner's agent Peter Schaffer told PFT.
From the outside, it might sound like a daunting challenge that could be fatal if not successful, but Dianne is optimistic.
His attempt to find a place for logic and mathematics in his neutral monism are remarkable, if perhaps not successful.
Even if you don't like it, even if it's not successful.
What makes a successful parent if not a successful child?
Patients were excluded from analysis if the block was not successful, or if they required a conversion to an open procedure or were admitted postoperatively to hospital.
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