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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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'Pup' can be top dog after Ponting: Buchanan

0In the following article I couldn't understand the 01b01font00red-coloured02font02b00 statements. My questions will also appear in the same article in 01b01font00green colour02font02b00.02br
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00'Pup' can be 01b01font00top dog02font02b00 after Ponting: Buchanan 01b01font00(What does 01i00top dog02i00 mean?)02font02b02br
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00Melbourne: Australian coach 01a01font01b00John Buchana02b02font02a01b01font01u00n02u02font02b00 has tipped upcoming young batsman Michael Clarke to become captain after 01b01font00Ricky Ponting's time was up if he made right choices in that direction02font01font00.(I think it should be 01i00''... after Ricky Ponting's time is up''02i00) (What does 01i00if he made right choices in that direction02i00 mean?'')02font02b02br
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00Buchanan, who has worked with Steve Waugh and Ricky Ponting in his eight years as the team's coach, said Clarke, nicknamed 01a01b01u01font00"Pup",00 02font00could be the top dog once Ponting's time 01b01font00was02font02b00 up01b01font00.(Couldn't 01i01u00is02u02i00 be used in stead of01i01u00 was02u02i00?)02font02b02br
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00"I see him growing as a person. He is obviously performing pretty well on the field," Buchanan said.02br
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00Ponting, 32, probably has up to four years left, by which time Clarke should have played about 70 Test matches and 200 one-day internationals and would be ready for the most prized role in Australian sport.02br
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00The 54-year-old coach, who will guide the World Champions for one last time in the Saturday's World Cup final, said Clarke was making right choices in that direction.02br
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00"He is associating himself with the right people. Chris White is his manager. No disrespect to people before him, but for Michael's future he needs to associate and be educated by the right people. I see him making those sort of choices," 01b01font00he was quoted as saying by 'The Australian'02font01font00.(What does 01i00''he was quoted as saying by 'The Australian'''02i00 mean?)02font02b02br
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00Clarke's continued development as a batsman was highlighted in the World Cup when he was entrusted with the number four spot, a position traditionally reserved for a pure strokemaker who can either 01b01font00force the pace02font02b00 01b01font00(What does 01i00force the pace02i00 mean?)02font02b00 or be a steadying influence when required.02br
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00The selectors had earlier named the 26-year-old as Mike Hussey's deputy for the one-day series in New Zealand when Ponting and Adam Gilchrist were rested.02br
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(I think it should be 21i 20''... )32b 32font 32br 32br 30Was and is are virtually interchangeable in this construction. 32br 32br 30You would be illadvised to read too many sports journalists and try to pick their grammar and syntax apart.

— Stannum

  • (I think it should be 21i 20''...
  • )32b 32font 32br 32br 30Was and is are virtually interchangeable in this construction.
  • 32br 32br 30You would be illadvised to read too many sports journalists and try to pick their grammar and syntax apart.
  • 31blockquote 31cite 40Jackson661242cite 40"He is associating himself with the right people.
  • Chris White is his manager.
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10'Pup' can be 11b11font10top dog12font12b10 after Ponting: Buchanan 11font11b10(What does 11i10top dog12i10 mean?)12b12font10The alpha personality, the leader of the pack
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0Hi 01b00GG02b00,02br
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01cite10Jackson661212cite10Melbourne: Australian coach John Buchanan has tipped upcoming young batsman Michael Clarke to become captain after 11b11font10Ricky Ponting's time 11u10was12u10 up if he11u10 made12u10 right choices in that direction. 12font
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01cite10Grammar Geek12cite10To be honest, I don't see much difference. We tend to move the tenses backwards when we report speech. If Buchanan said "Clarke, you can be captain after Ponting's time is up if you make the right choices" you would report it as saying "Buchanan said that Clarke could be captain after Ponting's time was up if
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