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Jackson6612 Posted 15 years ago
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And often as not it has been the Indians playing fast and loose with the rules.
In the following text I couldn't understand the bold part, especially the underlined sections. Please help me to understand it. Thanks.
Ponting made no apologies for refusing to walk. "There were no doubts about the nick," Ponting said. "I knew I hit it, but, as always, I wait for the umpire to give me out. That's the way I've always played the game."
The Indian media didn't like it -- but then, they don't like Ponting much.
And accusations of bad sportsmanship are not new to the history of cricketing encounters between Australia and India. And often as not it has been the Indians playing fast and loose with the rules.
India's 2007-08 tour of Australia was almost abandoned after the controversy that erupted when Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh was accused of racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds during the Sydney Test.
Ponting made no apologies for refusing to walk. "There were no doubts about the nick," Ponting said. "I knew I hit it, but, as always, I wait for the umpire to give me out. That's the way I've always played the game."
The Indian media didn't like it -- but then, they don't like Ponting much.
And accusations of bad sportsmanship are not new to the history of cricketing encounters between Australia and India. And often as not it has been the Indians playing fast and loose with the rules.
India's 2007-08 tour of Australia was almost abandoned after the controversy that erupted when Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh was accused of racially abusing Australia's Andrew Symonds during the Sydney Test.
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Hi, And as often as not it has been the Indians playing fast and loose with the rules. playing fast and loose with the rules. Paying little or no attention to the rules.
- Hi, And as often as not it has been the Indians playing fast and loose with the rules.
- playing fast and loose with the rules.
- Paying little or no attention to the rules.
- And as often as not it has been the Indians When you look at the times where the rules have been ignores, it has been by the Indians at least 50% of the time.
- Clive
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Hi,
And as often as not it has been the Indians playing fast and loose with the rules.
playing fast and loose with the rules. Paying little or no attention to the rules.
And as
And as often as not it has been the Indians playing fast and loose with the rules.
playing fast and loose with the rules. Paying little or no attention to the rules.
And as
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CliveHi,And as often as not it has been the Indians playing fast and loose with the rules.playing fast and loose with the rules. Paying little or no attention to the rules.And as often as not it has been the Indians When you look at the times where the rules have been ignores, it has been by the Indians at least 50% of the time. CliveHi Clive
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Hi,
The first "as" is optional; I would say that omitting 'as' makes the usage sound very casual.
that's the reason it wasn't used in the newstory. As now you have told me and I have check an online resource "as often as not" means 'usually'. Why did you put a limit on it? It could be 40% of the times Indians were playing with the
The first "as" is optional; I would say that omitting 'as' makes the usage sound very casual.
that's the reason it wasn't used in the newstory. As now you have told me and I have check an online resource "as often as not" means 'usually'. Why did you put a limit on it? It could be 40% of the times Indians were playing with the
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