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Shrike1313 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

"sport" and "sports"

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00"I like all sports" - correct for more than one sport. 02br
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00"I like sport" - correct for more than one sport. 02br
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00"I like all sport" - correct for more than one sport. 02br
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00Am I right? What is the plural, if there is one, and under what conditions can you ignore it? 02br
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0 I guess it should be "I like all sports" and "I like sport". 02br 00For the first one you are talking about various kinds of sports, so it's plural. 02br 00For the second one you are concerning all sports activities as a whole, so it's singular.

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  • 0 I guess it should be "I like all sports" and "I like sport".
  • 02br 00For the first one you are talking about various kinds of sports, so it's plural.
  • 02br 00For the second one you are concerning all sports activities as a whole, so it's singular.
  • 02br 00Sorry if I am wrong, I am very weak in English.
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0 I guess it should be "I like all sports" and "I like sport". 02br
00For the first one you are talking about various kinds of sports, so it's plural. 02br
00For the second one you are concerning all sports activities as a whole, so it's singular. 02br
00Sorry if I am wrong, I am very weak in English. 0-
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0 Hi Soarer, 02br
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00Funny, I've met another Soarer at a Chinese website. 02br
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00I like sports. (???) 0-
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0I see it as another case of a noun which can be either countable or uncountable. 02br
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00Sport is healthy, but I haven't made much effort to enjoy it. 02br
00Sports are healthy, but I haven't made many efforts to enjoy them. 0-
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0 well, most of my classmates can express themselves in English much better than me. I think they would rather place their emphasis on other subjects instead of English. Anyway, I will try to do that. 0-
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