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Debpriya De Posted 15 years ago
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1. "He never looked like catching the ball."
2. "He doesn't look like finishing the race."
These sentences don't seem grammatical to me, but I hear such sentences often from sports commentators. So, are these grammatically correct or just collloquial ?
2. "He doesn't look like finishing the race."
These sentences don't seem grammatical to me, but I hear such sentences often from sports commentators. So, are these grammatically correct or just collloquial ?
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No, they're not correct -- and they're not part of any widely used colloquialism I've heard either. "
- No, they're not correct -- and they're not part of any widely used colloquialism I've heard either.
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No, they're not correct -- and they're not part of any widely used colloquialism I've heard either.
Proper expressions, of course, would be, "He never looked like he would catch the ball," and, "He doesn't look like he will finish the race," or, "He doesn't look like he will be finishing the race."
Proper expressions, of course, would be, "He never looked like he would catch the ball," and, "He doesn't look like he will finish the race," or, "He doesn't look like he will be finishing the race."
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