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PreciousJones Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Bench press

The proper name for it is bench press, but can I say:

All chest benches are taken.

The bench press is an exercise machine for the chest, so can I use chest bench.

THank you!
  

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PreciousJones The proper name for it is bench press, but can I say:All chest benches are taken. No you can't say it that way. "

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PreciousJonesThe proper name for it is bench press, but can I say:All chest benches are taken.
No you can't say it that way. At the gym I might say: "All the bench presses are taken."
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Shawn79 PreciousJonesThe proper name for it is bench press, but can I say:All chest benches are taken.No you can't say it that way. At the gym I might say: "All the bench presses are taken."
Or maybe;
All the benches are taken. Or

All the chest machines are taken.

Would those be better?

Thanks!
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Chest machine is not the word you are looking for, I guess.
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PreciousJonesOr maybe;All the benches are taken. OrAll the chest machines are taken.Would those be better?
Benches refers to all benches, not just those for bench presses. I realize it's colloquial, but what's wrong with "bench presses"? At the gym I have heard them called "chest presses". If these are machines (not free weights) you could say all the "bench p
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