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Alc24 Posted 15 years ago
Grammar

THE USE OF "FIGURE"

Can you use FIGURE like this?

1 This hand figures to be the best hand. (Card game)

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Informally, yes. For Tiger Woods, this figures to be a Masters like no other. Michigan figures to be a turning point for Romney's campaign Girardi's ejection figures to be the first of a handful of changes.

— Mister Micawber

  • Informally, yes.
  • For Tiger Woods, this figures to be a Masters like no other.
  • Michigan figures to be a turning point for Romney's campaign Girardi's ejection figures to be the first of a handful of changes.
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Informally, yes.

For Tiger Woods, this figures to be a Masters like no other.
Michigan figures to be a turning point for Romney's campaign
Girardi's ejection figures to be the first of a handful of changes.
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1 This hand figures to be the best hand. (Card game)

I guess it works, but it doesn't sound like anything I've heard. I think "seems" or "appears" is probably more natural.
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