Take your eye off

[nq:1]Sorry could you help me with this one as well? The player is a Snooker player.. :-) "..., but when you take your eye off the ball, you can miss anything." Thanks a lot...[/nq]
Mmm, are you sure you heard this correctly? Most native speakers would prefer 'anything' with a negative structure, like:-

"you can't miss anything." (Apologies if I'm jumping to conclusions - but in my ex

[nq:2]Sorry could you help me with this one as well? ... off the ball, you can miss anything." Thanks a lot...[/nq]
[nq:1]Mmm, are you sure you heard this correctly? Most native speakers would prefer 'anything' with a negative structure, like:- "you ... between 'can' and 'can't'...) A native speaker would more likely say "you can miss something." or "you can miss everything."[/nq]
Not real

If there was more context I mightr be able to say more.
[nq:1]Regards, Einde O'Callaghan.[/nq]
Here is the whole sentence.
It's taken from an interview where Barry Pinches gives a reason why he missed the black ball.
"That black - I just took my eyes off it, they were nowhere yet I felt OK and I didn?t feel any pressure, but when you take your eye off the ball, you can miss anythin

[nq:2]Sorry could you help me with this one as well? ... off the ball, you can miss anything." Thanks a lot...[/nq]
[nq:1]Mmm, are you sure you heard this correctly? Most native speakers would prefer 'anything' with a negative structure, like:- "you ... - but in my experience a lot of Spanish speakers have difficulty making a sound distinction between 'can' and 'can't'...)[/nq]
Yes you are

[nq:1]The problem comes when I start saying "I'll have me coffee now"... For a native it is normal, there is no mistake...[/nq]
Really? Doesn't it sound very uneducated? I'm sure you don't want to learn that kind of English, no matter how "native" it is.

[nq:2]Mmm, are you sure you heard this correctly? Most native ... say "you can miss something." or "you can miss everything."[/nq]
[nq:1]Not really. You're overgenaralising the rule about "some" and "any". The original statement is qwuite idiomatic. It means quite literally ... even a very easy shot"." If there was more context I mightr be able to say more. Regards, Einde O'Callaghan.[/nq]

[nq:1]If there was more context I mightr be able to say more.[/nq]
[nq:2]Regards, Einde O'Callaghan.[/nq]
[nq:1]Here is the whole sentence. It's taken from an interview where Barry Pinches gives a reason why he missed the ... if it is a common expression or it is just for snooker players way of express things. Thanks a lot...[/nq]
Hi Irma
I've not been following the World Champions

[nq:1]If there was more context I mightr be able to say more.[/nq]
[nq:2]Regards, Einde O'Callaghan.[/nq]
[nq:1]Here is the whole sentence. It's taken from an interview where Barry Pinches gives a reason why he missed the ... if it is a common expression or it is just for snooker players way of express things. Thanks a lot...[/nq]
Yes there are specific snooker meanings.
Watch a ga

[nq:2]The problem comes when I start saying "I'll have me coffee now"... For a native it is normal, there is no mistake...[/nq]
[nq:1]Really? Doesn't it sound very uneducated? I'm sure you don't want to learn that kind of English, no matter how "native" it is.[/nq]
Yes Robert, you are right. I don't want to learn that kind of English. It just happened a week or two weeks ago... At the begi

[nq:1]Hi Irma I've not been following the World Championships this year, but I think I heard something about this on ... circumstances? 'Anything' means even a really easy shot? This sort of usage isn't unique to snooker or indeed sport. DC[/nq]
Yes, you are right, it was like this. Poor Pinches :-(

You know, I like very much to read interviews because you have in paper exactly how na