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Anonymous Posted 14 years ago
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The way he's been playing...

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The way he's been playing, it's only a matter of time before he surpasses him as the best player of all times.
  

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Anonymous The way he's been playing, it's only a matter of time before he surpasses him as the best player of all times. It's grammatical, but the use of "he surpasses him" is impractical. "

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  • Anonymous The way he's been playing, it's only a matter of time before he surpasses him as the best player of all times.
  • It's grammatical, but the use of "he surpasses him" is impractical.
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AnonymousThe way he's been playing, it's only a matter of time before he surpasses him as the best player of all times.
It's grammatical, but the use of "he surpasses him" is impractical. We have no way of knowing which "he" is surpassing which "him."
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I usually hear "best ... of all time" - not "of all times".

CJ
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