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English 1b3 Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

Interrogative Sentence

1. I realise using 'one' is stuffy in some reigons. Anway, which is the best pronoun to use to replace the nouns in bold?



"During an opposition's counter-attack, should one be expected to beat one's opposite number into one's own third- the danger zone -even if one is positioned farther from one's third than the opposite number is?


Or is it reasonable to expect that one is only back in one's own third in time to prevent the opposite number's scoring if the opposite number has slowed down or stopped all together?"

2. And is this question clear to you?

Thank you
  

Top answer

First, 'opposition' is the wrong word and 'opposite number' is even more stilted than 'one'; use 'opponent'. 1-- he, his 2-- reasonably

— Mister Micawber

  • First, 'opposition' is the wrong word and 'opposite number' is even more stilted than 'one'; use 'opponent'.
  • 1-- he, his 2-- reasonably
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First, 'opposition' is the wrong word and 'opposite number' is even more stilted than 'one'; use 'opponent'.

1-- he, his

2-- reasonably
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Thanks.
Mister MicawberFirst, 'opposition' is the wrong word

Why is this word wrong, MM? [:^)]
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You are speaking of an opposing player specifically, i.e. an individual in the same position on the opposite team. 'Opposition' is an uncountable concept; it is poorly used here.
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Thanks, thought they may be your reason. I assume you are saying it's poor writing as opposed to ungrammatical?

I used the uncountable concept, referring to the whole team, because I wanted to refer to the whole team there. Later in the sentence I wanted to be more specific and discuss individual players.
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