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Jigneshbharati Posted 8 years ago
Grammar

Had only just about

The heat is truly on. Defending champions Mumbai Indians had only just about strengthened their bid for playoffs a tad by breaking into the top-four of the points table with back-to-back wins over KKR but even before they take the field next, they've been thrown out of the elite club. And they have a resurgent Rajasthan Royals breathing down their neck.

http://m.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/102004/rr-mi-face-off-as-race-for-top-four-heats-up

Pleased explain the use "had" and its meaning and also "just about"

  

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It's not well written. 'Had' should be 'have'. 5008j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 ' means 'almost, but not quite', which doesn't collocate well with 'strengthened'.

  • It's not well written.
  • 'Had' should be 'have'.
  • 5008j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 ' means 'almost, but not quite', which doesn't collocate well with 'strengthened'.
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