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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar
It it correct?
3 player, super-turbo Sit & Go games. At the start of each game a random
jackpot, ranging from 2 to 1000 times the buy-in, is added to the prize pool.
I especially don't understand the reason why there's no s after 3 player. Maybe the comma has something to do with It, but I don't know the rule.
jackpot, ranging from 2 to 1000 times the buy-in, is added to the prize pool.
I especially don't understand the reason why there's no s after 3 player. Maybe the comma has something to do with It, but I don't know the rule.
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"3-player", which should properly be hyphenated, is (along with "super-turbo Sit & Go") modifying "games", describing the type of game. According to the usual rules of such modifiers, it is not pluralised.
- "3-player", which should properly be hyphenated, is (along with "super-turbo Sit & Go") modifying "games", describing the type of game.
- According to the usual rules of such modifiers, it is not pluralised.
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"3-player", which should properly be hyphenated, is (along with "super-turbo Sit & Go") modifying "games", describing the type of game. According to the usual rules of such modifiers, it is not pluralised.
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Thanks for the rule
I'm still not sure whether or not you noticed any grammatical mistakes in the following sentence:
3 player, super-turbo Sit & Go games. At the start of each game a random jackpot, ranging from 2 to 1000 times the buy-in, is added to the prize pool.
It's been written by a professional; consequently, I want to be sure I understood one specific thing you said
I'm still not sure whether or not you noticed any grammatical mistakes in the following sentence:
3 player, super-turbo Sit & Go games. At the start of each game a random jackpot, ranging from 2 to 1000 times the buy-in, is added to the prize pool.
It's been written by a professional; consequently, I want to be sure I understood one specific thing you said
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As I said, it should properly be "3-player". However, many people are not fussy about such things and would not notice an error. The capitalisation of "super-turbo Sit & Go" appears random to me, but there may be a reason for it that I don't understand (I'm not familiar with this terminology). Punctuation quibbles are possible around "3 player, super-turbo Sit & Go games", depending on whether all
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When a number and a measurement is used to modify a noun, the number + measurement is singular:
That horse can jump a six-foot fence. Six = number, foot = measurement.
A seven-foot-six-inch basketball player doesn't have to jump very high, He can just drop the ball into the net.
Bridge is a four-player game.
They kicked the ball from the twenty-yard
That horse can jump a six-foot fence. Six = number, foot = measurement.
A seven-foot-six-inch basketball player doesn't have to jump very high, He can just drop the ball into the net.
Bridge is a four-player game.
They kicked the ball from the twenty-yard
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