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MeggPhaggSioux Posted 15 years ago
Grammar
Put...To 1-3
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/Ronnie-Brown-8217-s-epic-fail-fumble-personifie?urn=nfl-wp8513
"It's not often a team can put its seasonal woes into one play, but the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles got just such an opportunity in their 24-23 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. The Eagles had a 23-3 lead with more than five minutes elapsed into the third quarter, and then everything fell apart with that very expensively constructed team. Alex Smith (of all people!) threw two third-quarter touchdowns, and Frank Gore(notes) bashed in the fourth-quarter score that decided the game and put the Eagles to 1-3."
Shouldn't "put the Eagles to 1-3" be "put the Eagles at 1-3"? "Put something to some state" sounds weird.
"It's not often a team can put its seasonal woes into one play, but the 2011 Philadelphia Eagles got just such an opportunity in their 24-23 loss to the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday. The Eagles had a 23-3 lead with more than five minutes elapsed into the third quarter, and then everything fell apart with that very expensively constructed team. Alex Smith (of all people!) threw two third-quarter touchdowns, and Frank Gore(notes) bashed in the fourth-quarter score that decided the game and put the Eagles to 1-3."
Shouldn't "put the Eagles to 1-3" be "put the Eagles at 1-3"? "Put something to some state" sounds weird.
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MeggPhaggSioux Shouldn't "put the Eagles to 1-3" be "put the Eagles at 1-3"? I'd say you're right. Don't forget that blog entries are typically not edited so minor errors like this tend to be common.
- MeggPhaggSioux Shouldn't "put the Eagles to 1-3" be "put the Eagles at 1-3"?
- I'd say you're right.
- Don't forget that blog entries are typically not edited so minor errors like this tend to be common.
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MeggPhaggSiouxShouldn't "put the Eagles to 1-3" be "put the Eagles at 1-3"?I'd say you're right. Don't forget that blog entries are typically not edited so minor errors like this tend to be common.
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MeggPhaggSiouxAlex Smith (of all people!) threw two third-quarter touchdowns, and Frank Gore(notes) bashed in the fourth-quarter score that decided the game and put the Eagles to 1-3."In sports talk, " to 1-3 ..." is not wrong because it refers to " to the win -lose" column.
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I do know that "1-3" means "a record of 1 win and 3 losses." I thought the following:
"dropped the Eagles to 1-3"
"bumped the Eagles to 1-3"
"sent the Eagles to 1-3"
"improved the Eagles to 1-3"
are more right than:
"put the Eagles to 1-3"
The only time that "to" goes with "put" is the expression "put him to death." Maybe it is my in
"dropped the Eagles to 1-3"
"bumped the Eagles to 1-3"
"sent the Eagles to 1-3"
"improved the Eagles to 1-3"
are more right than:
"put the Eagles to 1-3"
The only time that "to" goes with "put" is the expression "put him to death." Maybe it is my in
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Hi,
Generally speaking, sports writers commonly like to use English grammar and vocabulary in ways that the rest of us usuually do not.
They think it makes their writing colourful and interesting.
Clive
Generally speaking, sports writers commonly like to use English grammar and vocabulary in ways that the rest of us usuually do not.
They think it makes their writing colourful and interesting.
Clive
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So:
"put the Eagles to 1-3"
is standard sports English, but nonstandard general English?
"put the Eagles to 1-3"
is standard sports English, but nonstandard general English?
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It essentially means this: Frank Gore bashed in the fourth-quarter score that decided the game, dropping the Eagles to to 1-3." for the season.
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Hi,
So
"put the Eagles to 1-3"
is standard sports English, but nonstandard general English?
It's the sort of thing that is said commonly in sports writing, but less commonly outside that. Yet in very casual English, many things are said that might sound a bit odd to non-English speakers.
So
"put the Eagles to 1-3"
is standard sports English, but nonstandard general English?
It's the sort of thing that is said commonly in sports writing, but less commonly outside that. Yet in very casual English, many things are said that might sound a bit odd to non-English speakers.
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