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Rotter Posted 18 years ago
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Euro 2008

0Euro 2008 Championships will begin in just 48 hours. Betting shops have all kinds of betting to attract people. 02br
001. You can put a bet on the winning team/on your favourite team. 02br
002. You can lay a bet on the winning team/ on your favourite team.02br
01b01font00What is the correct sentence in this context? 02font02b0-
  

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1b01font00Thanks Marius02font02b02br
00Betting shops and sports shops are littered with Euro 2008 stuff. It is big business in this country! 02br
00Let us say someone spent 10 euros on betting.02br
01font003.He placed 10 euros on Euro 2008.02font02br
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0Marius has not seen my latest question.02br
00I hope someone else will tell me more about the sentences 3, 4 and 5. 0-
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1font003.He placed 10 euros on Euro 2008. ok - but usually you would be more specific - he placed 10 euros on England to win Euro 2008 02font02br
01font004. He betted 10 euros on Euro 2008. NO - He bet 10 euros on Euro 200802br
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01font005. He put 10 euros
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0Thanks optilang02br
00I have made an error. It is incorrect to write 'betted'. It should be 'bet'.02br
00I presume that you are English because you have written 'he placed 10 Euros on England to win Euro 2008'.02br
01b01font00No, England is out of the torunament. England failed to qualify and this led to the sacking of the coa
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0He had a 10euro bet on 2008. 01b01font00[ Is this fine?]00 02font02b01font00Yes00 02font02br
00He had a 1euro bet on ... It is correct, but we would say: He be 1 euro on .......02br
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00He had 10 euros bet on ... ok - he had 10 euros bet on that horse and i
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