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Rex Posted 20 years ago
Grammar

Incongruous sentence

0Auctioneers Bonhams said the unique nature of the collection made its financial value difficult to estimate, but added that the sale is expected to make more than £200,000. 02br
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00"Even though the symbols of my victories are being sold, what I will always retain is the knowledge that for such a long time I was the supreme world tennis champion," added Borg. 02br
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00He won 11 grand slam singles titles in a glittering career, but his early retirement saw him launch a turbulent business career. 02br
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00The Swede's Bjorn Borg Design Group company went under, forcing him to sell his home in order to pay off debts. 02br
00Borg attempted a tennis comeback in the early 1990s, but now coaches young players in Stockholm as well as having a chain of shops selling Bjorn Borg-branded clothes and shoes. 02br
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00 The last sentence of the above is incongruous to the rest of the sentences.02br
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00 He attempted a comeback. This is clear to me.02br
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00 But now coaches young players and having a chain of shops .... [ These words don't make any sense to me. I guess what it want to tell is though he tried to comeback, young players and business activities were in the way. However, I can't fathom the sentence in the question. What is now coaches mean?]02br
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00 I would like to hear your comments on this.0-
  

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0I'm guessing the problem is that you don't understand the verb 'to coach'? It means to teach (usually sports). So the sentence is simply describing what Borg did in the early 1990s (he attempted a tennis comeback) and what he does now (he teaches young players to play tennis in Stockholm, and he also owns a chain of shops that sell clothes and shoes branded with his name).

— Demetrius

  • 0I'm guessing the problem is that you don't understand the verb 'to coach'?
  • It means to teach (usually sports).
  • So the sentence is simply describing what Borg did in the early 1990s (he attempted a tennis comeback) and what he does now (he teaches young players to play tennis in Stockholm, and he also owns a chain of shops that sell clothes and shoes branded with his name).
  • The writer is not trying to suggest that the comeback was affected by the coaching or the business venture.
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0I'm guessing the problem is that you don't understand the verb 'to coach'? It means to teach (usually sports). So the sentence is simply describing what Borg did in the early 1990s (he attempted a tennis comeback) and what he does now (he teaches young players to play tennis in Stockholm, and he also owns a chain of shops that sell clothes and shoes branded with his name). The writer is not try
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0 Demetrius02br
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00 I would agree with your clarification. Now I understands the meaning well.0-
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