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Vincent Teo Posted 19 years ago
Grammar
games
(a) They were playing balls games.
(b) That morning, they were playing relay games.
(b) That morning, they were playing relay games.
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'Ball games' is a well known expression which refers to a game involving a ball (or *****). 'Ball s game' is not familiar at all, and sounds a bit rude. All this is fine,...
- 'Ball games' is a well known expression which refers to a game involving a ball (or *****).
- 'Ball s game' is not familiar at all, and sounds a bit rude.
- All this is fine,...
- but what is the question?
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'Ball games' is a well known expression which refers to a game involving a ball (or *****). 'Ballsgame' is not familiar at all, and sounds a bit rude.
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Are there correct?
(a) They were playing ***** games.
(b) That morning, they were playing relay games.
(a) They were playing ***** games.
(b) That morning, they were playing relay games.
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Are these correct?
a) They were playing ***** games.
(b) That morning, they were playing relay games.
(c) They were playing with games / play games / play the games.
a) They were playing ***** games.
(b) That morning, they were playing relay games.
(c) They were playing with games / play games / play the games.
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Hi VT
These are my comments:
a) They were playing ball games.
(b) That morning, they were playing relay games. OK, but the following sentence would sound more typical or natural to me:
That morning, they were having relay races.
(c) They were playing games. OK
These are my comments:
a) They were playing ball games.
(b) That morning, they were playing relay games. OK, but the following sentence would sound more typical or natural to me:
That morning, they were having relay races.
(c) They were playing games. OK
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