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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

'Finals'

Do 'finals' indicate the last one game or a number of game's'?

For example, do 'the 2002 World Cup Finals' indicate only the game Brazil vs Germany?
  

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Hi, The 's' just seems like a mistake to me. The final game is one game. Clive

— Clive

  • Hi, The 's' just seems like a mistake to me.
  • The final game is one game.
  • Clive
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Hi,

The 's' just seems like a mistake to me. The final game is one game.

Clive
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contrapositionDo 'finals' indicate the last one game or a number of game's'?
Usually, the last game.

This word can also refer to a set of competitions in a series.

Prajwal
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But 'the World Cup finals' is showed in a dictionary as an example.

http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/final?q=final
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Do you mean 'the 2002 World Cup Finals' may include the game Germany vs Korea, for example?
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contrapositionBut 'the World Cup finals' is showed in a dictionary as an example.
That's because it is a whole series of competitions in a single-elimination type of tournament - the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and the final.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si
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Then, what phrase indicates only the game of Germany vs Brazil in the 2002 World Cup?
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contrapositionThen, what phrase indicates only the game of Germany vs Brazil in the 2002 World Cup?
The 2002 World Cup Final.

Prajwal
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