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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
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award winning

0Sign up for our award winning service now and you get to see me perform belly dancing.02br
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00Can I use "award winning" if my service has never won any award?02br
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»02br 02br 00 Sure you can, but it would be a lie. 0-

— Ant_222

  • »02br 02br 00 Sure you can, but it would be a lie.
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0 «Can I use "award winning" if my service has never won any award?»02br
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0So, it doesn't follow the logic of winning team. For example, the winning team will receive a million dollars. In this example, winning doesn't mean the team has won. This is what confuses me.0-
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00  Somehow I feel no consufion about it...     "The winning team will..." --- that  team that will win. Future    time is implied here because the winner  will  be  known  only    after the game... So "the winning team" may be  used  in  both    perfect (when  the  winning  has  happened)  and  future  time    frames.     "Award winning service" --- the word  "award" means s
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