Some people are destined to

Rachel Adams

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Is each sentence idiomatic? Context: it's said in a conversation about life.

1. Some people are destined to live a happy life, while others aren't.
2. Some people are destined to live a happy life and some (people ) are destined to live a life full of problems.
3. Some people are destined to live a happy life and some (people) a life full of problems.
4. Someone is destined to live a happy life, and someone (is destined to live) a life full of problems.
 
Perhaps: "Some people are destined to lead happy lives, but others have different fates awaiting them.

Being happy doesn't mean you don't have problems.
 
1. Some people are destined to live a happy life, while others aren't.
2. Some people are destined to live a happy life and some (people ) are destined to live a life full of problems.
3. Some people are destined to live a happy life and some (people) a life full of problems.
4. Someone is destined to live a happy life, and someone (is destined to live) a life full of problems.
The first three are grammatical. The fourth does not work.
 

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