Is this sentence correct?
I was surprised at not passing my exam
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No,it isn't.
I was suprised when I failed my exam.
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Одуванчик,
The construction [suprised at not + gerund] is grammatically correct. Here is another example from Lewis Caroll's "Alice in Wonderland".
`Well, at any rate it's a great comfort,' she said as she stepped under the trees, `after being so hot, to get into the -- into WHAT?' she went on, rather surprised at not being able to think of the word.
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No it's not.
I was surprised that I didn't pass the exam
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