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Angliholic Posted 18 years ago
Grammar

scratched/scratch/pickup

0In the Uber Qualifier final between Korea and Japan, Japan's head coach Park Joo Bong admitted that his Japanese Uber Cup squad01b00 02b00was caught off-guard by Korea's assembly of the 2 01b00scratched pairs02b00 of women's doubles yesterday afternoon.02br
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0I'm not familiar with either of your terms in quotes, but to me the news item means that two scheduled matches were canceled, which probably meant Coach Bong's matches had to be moved up, and he wasn't prepared.02br
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00I have no idea how "assembly" is used here.02br
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00"Scratched" is used in U.S. sports when a scheduled event or athlete (eg. a hor

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