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Rotter Posted 21 years ago
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As Tom Moody basks in the acclaim and ponders what minor tweaks are required to make Sri Lanka genuine contenders to Australia's crown at the next World Cup, Greg Chappell will return to Bangalore and wonder just what he has let himself in for. Sri Lanka's 23rd victory in their last 29 games merely confirmed that India's position in one-day cricket's basement - 7th in the ICC table - was thoroughly deserved, and Chappell now faces an arduous task to resuscitate a team that has forgotten what it's like to play even half-decent cricket, leave alone be contenders.
If today's over-by-over comparison graph - the worm to use TV parlance - was to be given a title, Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold would probably be apt.
http://content.cricinfo.com/ioc/content/story/215548.html
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In the first sentence of the above, you will read the words 'Chappel has left what he has let himself in for'.
Is this grammatical?
In the second sentence, you will read the words 'leave alone be contenders'.
Is it grammatical?
In the third sentence, you will read the words 'Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold would probably be apt'. Is it grammatical?
If today's over-by-over comparison graph - the worm to use TV parlance - was to be given a title, Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold would probably be apt.
http://content.cricinfo.com/ioc/content/story/215548.html
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In the first sentence of the above, you will read the words 'Chappel has left what he has let himself in for'.
Is this grammatical?
In the second sentence, you will read the words 'leave alone be contenders'.
Is it grammatical?
In the third sentence, you will read the words 'Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold would probably be apt'. Is it grammatical?
Top answer
Hi Rotter, In the first sentence of the above, you will read the words 'Chappel has left what he has let himself in for'. Is this grammatical? Yes, it's fine.
- Hi Rotter, In the first sentence of the above, you will read the words 'Chappel has left what he has let himself in for'.
- Is this grammatical?
- Yes, it's fine.
- However, the more usual expresssion is 'let alone', not'leave alone' Look again, the actual words are Greg Chappell will return to Bangalore and wonder just what he has let himself in for.
- Yes.
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Hi Rotter,
In the first sentence of the above, you will read the words 'Chappel has left what he has let himself in for'. Is this grammatical?
Yes, it's fine. However, the more usual expresssion is 'let alone', not'leave alone'
Look again, the actual words are
In the first sentence of the above, you will read the words 'Chappel has left what he has let himself in for'. Is this grammatical?
Yes, it's fine. However, the more usual expresssion is 'let alone', not'leave alone'
Look again, the actual words are
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Thanks Clive for the answer.
You wrote the following:
In the third sentence, you will read the words 'Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold would probably be apt'. Is it grammatical?
Yes again. It means 'Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold' would be a good name for the graph.
You wrote the following:
In the third sentence, you will read the words 'Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold would probably be apt'. Is it grammatical?
Yes again. It means 'Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold' would be a good name for the graph.
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Hi again,
If today's over-by-over comparison graph - the worm to use TV parlance - was to be given a title, Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold would probably be apt.
Here's what it means.
The Indian team's performance is very bad. This is shown by a graph, which looks at each over.
This graph, I think, was shown on TV across th
If today's over-by-over comparison graph - the worm to use TV parlance - was to be given a title, Chronicle of a Defeat Foretold would probably be apt.
Here's what it means.
The Indian team's performance is very bad. This is shown by a graph, which looks at each over.
This graph, I think, was shown on TV across th
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