Beam
Is this sentence correct:
"Strobes focused on the athlete as he lit the olympic beam."
Note: By 'beam', I mean the structure where the olympic flame remains lit for 16 days.
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Christine Christie Is this sentence correct: Not really. Nobody will know what you mean by "Olympic beam" (note the capital "O"). My first thought was "beam of light", but even that is not sensible.
- Christine Christie Is this sentence correct: Not really.
- Nobody will know what you mean by "Olympic beam" (note the capital "O").
- My first thought was "beam of light", but even that is not sensible.
- He lit the Olympic flame or the Olympic cauldron.
- Technically, the flame was lit months before in Greece, and that is what is on the torch in his hand, but people will know what you mean.
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Christine ChristieIs this sentence correct:
Not really. Nobody will know what you mean by "Olympic beam" (note the capital "O"). My first thought was "beam of light", but even that is not sensible. He lit the Olympic flame or the Olympic cauldron. Technically, the flame was lit months before in Greece, and that is what is on the torch in his hand, but peopl
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