The phrase "upon failing" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to indicate the specific time or event that led to a failure or negative outcome. Example: Upon failing the final exam, she realized she needed to study harder next semester.
Though she left Harvard halfway through her junior year, experiencing a rare collapse in confidence upon failing a tutorial, she worked in Washington for Sen. John McClellan and later returned to graduate.
A11 Venezuela Opposition Reversal Representatives of Venezuela's opposition movement, after demanding an audit of voting results upon failing to oust President Hugo Chávez in a recall referendum, said they would refuse to participate in or recognize the review.
The letter said, "We are concerned with what appears to be a loophole in the legislation regarding contraceptives that upon failing to prevent fertilization, act de facto as abortifacients".
(xi) read as follows: "execute an agreement to forfeit upon failing to appear as required, such designated property, including money, as is reasonably necessary to assure the appearance of the person as required, and post with the court such indicia of ownership of the property or such percentage of the money as the judicial officer may specify;".
U.K. biotech group Bioglan said it ceased trading and was calling in administrators upon failing to persuade banks to restructure its debts; U.S. group ICN Pharmaceuticals had said it had pulled out of acquiring Bioglan.
Upon failing that interview, the women could be immediately deported.
But nine weeks can feel like an eternity when you're spending hour upon hour failing to comfort your screaming baby.
President Obama, in remarks shortly before the missiles flew, said Gaddafi had brought the attacks upon himself by failing to heed international demands for a cease-fire.
This would avoid presenting people with a fait accompli and then asking them to comment upon it, and failing to take users' own original ideas into account.
Section 7, First, merely provides that failure to arbitrate shall not be construed as a violation of any legal obligation imposed upon the party failing by that Act or otherwise.
When academic success depends upon passing or failing in the face of these obstacles, the students' resorting to dishonesty can be more clearly understood.
