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BW2/3 Posted 20 years ago
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According to the stastics in the NBA final games history, whichever team wins the first game, it has over seventy percent to win the championship.
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No. Some of the problems are shown in bold below. You may want to try again.
- No.
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- CJ According to the stastics on the NBA final games, whichever team win the first game , it has over seventy percent ---- to win the championship.
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No. Some of the problems are shown in bold below. You may want to try again.
CJ
According to the stastics on the NBA final games, whichever team win the first game, it has over seventy percent ---- to win the championship.
CJ
According to the stastics on the NBA final games, whichever team win the first game, it has over seventy percent ---- to win the championship.
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According to the statistics on the NBA final games, whichever team wins the first game, it has over seventy percent chance to win the championship.
how about like this ?
Thank you very much Calijim !
how about like this ?
Thank you very much Calijim !
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Another possibility:
According to statistics on NBA final games, the team winning the first game has over seventy percent chance to win the championship.
According to statistics on NBA final games, the team winning the first game has over seventy percent chance to win the championship.
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Since the series is referred to as "the finals" I think you need to have finals games. It's not the LAST game (the final game) but the entire best-of-seven series. Better yet, just say "finals."
CJ, can you help with this? I would write it as "has over a 70% chance to win the championship." Is the "a" wrong?
And just a logic note - It's not that winning the first game does
CJ, can you help with this? I would write it as "has over a 70% chance to win the championship." Is the "a" wrong?
And just a logic note - It's not that winning the first game does
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I would definitely use the "a": a seventy-percent chance.
The structure whichever ...., it has ... is problematic.
whichever ... has ... is the correction.
Whichever one is bigger, it is better. NO!
Whichever one is bigger is better. YES!
Whoever you like, he can be there. NO!
Whoever you like can be there. YES!
The structure whichever ...., it has ... is problematic.
whichever ... has ... is the correction.
Whichever one is bigger, it is better. NO!
Whichever one is bigger is better. YES!
Whoever you like, he can be there. NO!
Whoever you like can be there. YES!
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