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New2grammar Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

hardball

0If a contestant cheats, lies, backstabs and etc to win the competition, can I say the guy is playing hardball?02br
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0Not so much. I don't equate playing hardball with cheating. 0-

— BarbaraPA

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0Not so much. I don't equate playing hardball with cheating. I means he won't give anyone else a break, and will take advantages of others' mistakes.0-
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10If a contestant cheats, lies, backstabs and etc to win the competition, can I say the guy is playing hardball? Thanks!12br
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10If a contestant cheats, lies, backstabs, etc to win the competition, can I say the guy is playing hardball? (a comma after 'backstabs' and
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0Thanks YL. Could you shed some light on why 01i00and02i00 should be left out?0-
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0I don't think there is any explanation. Refer to a dictionary and you will see 'etc' used that way.0-
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0 Hi N2G,02br
00'01b00etc' 02b00is an abbreviation for 01i01b00et cetera02b02i00, a latin expression that means "and the rest." Therefore, we do not need to add 01i01u00and02u00 before 01u00etc02u00.02i0-
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0Thanks YL and HT.0-
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