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MUSCOVITE Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

just a typo again?

Hi,

The folowing sentence is taken from "English Grammar in Use" by Murphy (entry 78):

Scotland are playing France in a football match next week

Note that there is no preposition between 'playing' and 'France'... is it correct grammar?

Thank you

mus-te
  

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Yes, it's correct.
The verb play can assume the preposition "against."

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