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PamQueue Posted 14 years ago
Grammar

Score (Of) 10-10

Let's say I am talking about (American) football:

"The first half ended with a score 10-10."
"The first half ended with a score of 10-10."
"The first half ended with the score 10-10."
"The first half ended with the score of 10-10."

Which are grammatically correct?
  

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Hi Even though all sentences are gramatically correct, I will not use 'the' here. You can use #1, #2. ) So, if you use 'of' here, it would make the sentence less natural, I feel, due to the repetition of 'of'.

— Prajwalkr

  • Hi Even though all sentences are gramatically correct, I will not use 'the' here.
  • You can use #1, #2.
  • ) So, if you use 'of' here, it would make the sentence less natural, I feel, due to the repetition of 'of'.
  • I feel the first sentence is the best.
  • Prajwal
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Hi
Even though all sentences are gramatically correct, I will not use 'the' here. You can use #1, #2. Now, consider the second sentence:
"The first half ended with a score of 10 out of/of 10." (I imagined how you would say it out.)
So, if you use 'of' here, it would make the sentence less natural, I fe
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PamQueueLet's say I am talking about (American) football...
Hi,
These sound more idiomatic when speaking of a tie score:
The first half ended in a ten-draw all.
The score at halftime was 10-10.
The score was 10-10 at the half.
At halftime, the score stood at ten all.

Regards
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Does it mean that these are the same too?
"There is a lot of activity in the city of London."
"There is a lot of activity in the city London/"
"There is a lot of activity in London."
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Hi,
I realize your most recent question is not related to the original one.
If you want to discuss a new topic, start a new thread.

Regards
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PamQueueLet's say I am talking about (American) football:
"The first half ended with a score 10-10." -- This doesn't work.
"The first half ended with a score of 10-10." -- This is okay.
"The first half ended with the score 10-10." -- This is the normal way to say this
"The first half ended with the score of 10-10." -- This doesn't work
Which are gramm
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