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FatcatXN Posted 17 years ago
Grammar
Question about a NBA game report:LAKERS 96-83 HAWKS
All-star Joe Johnson scored 14 points for the Hawks,who had their three-game road winning streak end on the first night of their five-game West Coast trip. Atlanta, fourth in the Eastern Conference standings, had won four of five heading into the break.
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1. "end" is a verb and "have....end" is a phrase,right?
2. what does "heading into the break" mean?
All-star Joe Johnson scored 14 points for the Hawks,who had their three-game road winning streak end on the first night of their five-game West Coast trip. Atlanta, fourth in the Eastern Conference standings, had won four of five heading into the break.
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1. "end" is a verb and "have....end" is a phrase,right?
2. what does "heading into the break" mean?
Top answer
1. Yes. "To have something" + bare infinitive (or past participle) is a common construction.
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- Yes.
- "To have something" + bare infinitive (or past participle) is a common construction.
- They had their luck vanish.
- I had my car stolen.
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1. Yes. "To have something" + bare infinitive (or past participle) is a common construction.
They had their luck vanish.
I had my car stolen.
She had her cell phone explode.
2. "The break" is something like "spring break." At some point close to the middle of the season, league play is suspended for a few days. In baseball, they have the All Star Game. In
They had their luck vanish.
I had my car stolen.
She had her cell phone explode.
2. "The break" is something like "spring break." At some point close to the middle of the season, league play is suspended for a few days. In baseball, they have the All Star Game. In
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Avangisitting on a good streakBut the Hawks had lost their first game of five West-Coast games,right? Their three-game road winning streak was ended, so how could the Hawks be "sitting on a good streak"? I don't understand.
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Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to that. I'm not sure exactly where the "break" fits into this sequence.
A three-game road winning streak could be something bizarre like: won 1 game away; lost 5 games at home; won 2 games away; lost 2 games at home; lost 1 game away.
A possible sequence:
(1) won 3 games playing East Coast teams away.
(2) lost 1game and won 2
A three-game road winning streak could be something bizarre like: won 1 game away; lost 5 games at home; won 2 games away; lost 2 games at home; lost 1 game away.
A possible sequence:
(1) won 3 games playing East Coast teams away.
(2) lost 1game and won 2
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