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Lwh13 Posted 17 years ago
Grammar

Is it possibly in English?



0 For 6? (Question here what is 0 can represent?)

5 For 12?

  

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0 for 6 means of six possibilities, zero are true/happened/were right/succeeded. If someone has a quiz with six questions on it, and he answered every one of them incorrectly, he is 0 for 6. Likewise, 5 for 12 means you have 12 possibliites, and 5 of them worked/happened/were right/etc.

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  • 0 for 6 means of six possibilities, zero are true/happened/were right/succeeded.
  • If someone has a quiz with six questions on it, and he answered every one of them incorrectly, he is 0 for 6.
  • Likewise, 5 for 12 means you have 12 possibliites, and 5 of them worked/happened/were right/etc.
  • For example, you have a list of 12 people you need to call, but a number of them aren't home.
  • You were only able eto speak to 5 of the 12 people on your list: you are 5 for 12.
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0 for 6 means of six possibilities, zero are true/happened/were right/succeeded.

If someone has a quiz with six questions on it, and he answered every one of them incorrectly, he is 0 for 6.

Likewise, 5 for 12 means you have 12 possibliites, and 5 of them worked/happened/were right/etc.

For example, you have a list of 12 people you need to call, but a number of them are
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Hi

The first one could also be a very disastrous cricket score (depending which team you support!).

0 for 6 = No runs have been scored. 6 wickets have fallen.

The second could not be a cricket score.
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