Interested in playing (at a sports event)?

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Hi. Please check if they are correct. Thank you in advance for your help.

1 (They are having a sports event and want to find out if anyone is interested in playing there)

If you are interested in playing, please contact Mr. John Doe.

2. (They are having a cooking event and want to know if anyone would be willing to bring a food item to display there)

If you are interested in participating, please contact Mr. John Doe.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

They are fine.

Clive · Answer

If you are interested in playing, please contact Mr. John Doe.

Some sports, you play. eg cricket, football.

Some sports, you compete in. eg races, jumping.

For both kinds, you could say
eg If you are interested in participating, please contact Mr. John Doe.

Clive

Anonymous · Answer

Thank you. Please tell me if the direct object "it" is needed in the following sentence which has the underlined part.

You didn't write the word twenty times. You only wrote (it?) ten times.

For the following, I think you need to write the direct object "it" (not sure, though). Thank you in advance for your help.

You didn't jump rope twenty times. You jumped it ten times.

Mister Micawber · Answer

You didn't write the word twenty times. You only wrote it ten times.
You didn't jump rope twenty times. You jumped ten times.

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