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SheltieBites Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Hold Viewers

http://books.google.com/books?id=MonAzzQLYRkC&pg=PA427&dq=%22hold+more+viewers%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vohFT_GrA6vUiAKpnZHxDg&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22hold%20more%20viewers%22&f=false

"In fact, professional football is the only sport in the United States to hold more viewers than NASCAR."

Does "hold" mean "freeze" here?
  

Top answer

No, hold =possess.

  • No, hold =possess.
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How does a sport "possess" viewers?
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Like a stadium holding viewers?
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Viewers come back to the shows regularly; thus, they are held.

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