playing roller blading

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00I try to understand the reason why you kept asking the same questions? It really puzzles me!02br
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00Can I say a She is 01b00roller02b00 balding in the ice skating rink 01b00now02b00 b She likes 01b00roller02b00 01b00blading02b

0Hi,02br
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01font00Can I say,02font02br
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01font00(a) They are playing roller-blading now. 02font02br
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00It's tricky to know in what contexts to say 'playing'. Not in this one.02br
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00They are 01b00doing roller-blading

0Is it possible to think of rollerblade as a sport like tennis? That would allow us to say02br
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00They are playing rollerblade/tennis.0-

0No, because tennis is not just a sport, it is a game. We play games.02br
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00Roller-blading could be considered a sport but it isn't a game. It isn't 'played'.0-

0No, it's not a sport like tennis. 02br
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00If you can come up with a rule at all (which will still have umteen exceptions) you'll use "play" with sports that have rules, opponents, scoring, etc. Play tennins, play lacrosse, play football, play badminton. 02br
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00You "do" karate or judo, but you simply fence, or swim, or run. 02br
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0Thanks Nona. I get it. That's why we say play poker though it's not a sport.0-

0Thanks GG. Very interesting. It's something that learners have to get used to. 0-

0As you can see, Nona and I were posting at the same time, and her comment about "games" is right on02br
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00(And yet, even so, it can be confusing. You have a soccer match and a fencing match, so why is soccer a game but not fencing? As you say, you'll probably have to learn them one at a time.)02br
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00But if somone says "Fancy a game of...?" you c