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Anonymous Posted 10 years ago
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I heard this during a basketball game.
I don't understand the use of "equity" Do you? Could it mean "respect"? Is the sentence correctly written?
He's earned enough equity when he misses a shot by that much the referees give him the benefit of the call and blow the whistle (signaling a foul.)
Is "definitive look" correct? Is it correct to say "as to whether"? This angle doesn't give the referees a definitive look as to whether the ball really went out of bounds.
Is this correct or should it be "How much of what they did"?
How much of what it was that they did was self inflicted?
Thank you
I don't understand the use of "equity" Do you? Could it mean "respect"? Is the sentence correctly written?
He's earned enough equity when he misses a shot by that much the referees give him the benefit of the call and blow the whistle (signaling a foul.)
Is "definitive look" correct? Is it correct to say "as to whether"? This angle doesn't give the referees a definitive look as to whether the ball really went out of bounds.
Is this correct or should it be "How much of what they did"?
How much of what it was that they did was self inflicted?
Thank you
Top answer
1. " means he's a star and usually makes a shot like that easily, so when he misses such a shot by a lot, and was closely guarded, the referees assume that he must have been interfered with. 2.
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- " means he's a star and usually makes a shot like that easily, so when he misses such a shot by a lot, and was closely guarded, the referees assume that he must have been interfered with.
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- This type of sentence is heard in sports announcing jargon, and is considered acceptable in that field.
- It means the referees couldn't really see clearly if the ball went out of bounds from the angle that they saw it from.
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1. "He's earned enough equity, (so that) when he misses a shot by that much, the referees give him the benefit of the call and blow the whistle (signaling a foul)." means he's a star and usually makes a shot like that easily, so when he misses such a shot by a lot, and was closely guarded, the referees assume that he must have been interfered with.
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2. This type of sentence is heard in s
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AnonymousIs this correct or should it be "How much of what they did"? How much of what it was that they did was self inflicted?Further to this question, I see no reason for or benefit in the extra words "it was that". However, in speech it is easy enough for anyone to make such slightly infelicitous sentences.
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