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Anonymous Posted 13 years ago
Grammar

Sports venues vs. Sport venues

Which for is correct - sports venues or sport venues when using it in plural? E.g. There are 5 sport/s venues in our town.
  

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Plurality of the phrase does not affect the choice of sport vs sport s. Both are in use. but sports is much the commoner in both singular and plural phrases: sport venue - About 214,000 results sports venue - About 13,600,000 results sport venues - About 202,000 results sports venues - About 1,590,000 results

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  • Plurality of the phrase does not affect the choice of sport vs sport s.
  • Both are in use.
  • but sports is much the commoner in both singular and plural phrases: sport venue - About 214,000 results sports venue - About 13,600,000 results sport venues - About 202,000 results sports venues - About 1,590,000 results
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Plurality of the phrase does not affect the choice of sport vs sports. Both are in use. but sports is much the commoner in both singular and plural phrases:

sport venue - About 214,000 results
sports venue - About 13,600,000 results
sport venues - About 202,000 results
sports venues - About 1,590,000 results
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You may find this post helpful. I don't think "sports" or "sport" are related to the plurality of venue but more whether the speaker sees "sport" as one activity or multiple activities. To me there is little distinction between the two. So you could say "sport venues" or "sports venues".
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