live up to my expectation vs live up to my expectations

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Live up to my expectation' is used when referring to a single specific expectation, while 'live up to my expectations' is used when talking about multiple expectations. It's important to match the singular or plural form of 'expectation(s)' with the rest of the sentence.

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live up to my expectation

This phrase is correct when referring to a single specific expectation.

This phrase is used when talking about meeting or exceeding a single expectation that someone has.

Examples:

I hope the movie will live up to my expectation.
The new restaurant didn't live up to my expectation.

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I always build them up so much in my head, they can't possibly live up to my expectations, and I just end up disappointed.
Tell me I'll never live up to my expectations!
Do you finally realize how futile and amateurish your attempts to live up to my expectations have been?
To help me live up to my own expectations.
If you didn't live up to my mother's expectations, she would crush you.
The part before Albert forced our son to be a swimmer, and the part after, when Matty didn't live up to my husband's expectations.
Where dissolution can be imposed arbitrarily, associations act timidly, and fail to live up to expectations or potential.
In this respect, the proposal lives up to expectations.
The whole point of a remake is to choose something that showed serious promise but failed to live up to expectations.
On a day like this, one has to live up to expectations.
Unfortunately, the local-level impact of these thought-provoking initiatives did not live up to expectations.
I will not be a soldier who lives up to expectation.
No, I know what it's like... ...to not live up to expectations...
Parliament can and will use the discharge to remove the Commission if it does not live up to expectations.
What are these institutions which are failing to live up to expectations?
It is a privilege, but also a responsibility and it will give Ukraine the opportunity to live up to expectations, which are certainly high.
Girl can't live up to those expectations.
I want to live up to those expectations.
I never live up to your expectations.
I spent so much time Trying to live up to his expectations Because i thought he had my best interests in mind.

Alternatives:

meet my expectation
exceed my expectation

live up to my expectations

This phrase is correct when referring to multiple expectations.

This phrase is used when talking about meeting or exceeding multiple expectations that someone has.

Examples:

The team really lived up to my expectations this season.
I hope the new product will live up to my expectations.

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I always build them up so much in my head, they can't possibly live up to my expectations, and I just end up disappointed.
Tell me I'll never live up to my expectations!
Do you finally realize how futile and amateurish your attempts to live up to my expectations have been?
To help me live up to my own expectations.
If you didn't live up to my mother's expectations, she would crush you.
The part before Albert forced our son to be a swimmer, and the part after, when Matty didn't live up to my husband's expectations.
Where dissolution can be imposed arbitrarily, associations act timidly, and fail to live up to expectations or potential.
In this respect, the proposal lives up to expectations.
The whole point of a remake is to choose something that showed serious promise but failed to live up to expectations.
On a day like this, one has to live up to expectations.
Unfortunately, the local-level impact of these thought-provoking initiatives did not live up to expectations.
I will not be a soldier who lives up to expectation.
No, I know what it's like... ...to not live up to expectations...
Parliament can and will use the discharge to remove the Commission if it does not live up to expectations.
What are these institutions which are failing to live up to expectations?
It is a privilege, but also a responsibility and it will give Ukraine the opportunity to live up to expectations, which are certainly high.
Girl can't live up to those expectations.
I want to live up to those expectations.
I never live up to your expectations.
I spent so much time Trying to live up to his expectations Because i thought he had my best interests in mind.

Alternatives:

meet my expectations
exceed my expectations

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