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Buzel Posted 19 years ago
Grammar

To go to tennis

I went to tennis yesterday.

1. Is this sentence grammatically correct?

2. What can this mean in english? In russian this sentence may mean anything from

-to go to watch tennis

-to go to play tennis

-to go to judge tennis

- to go to do anything during a tennis match depending on circumstances

Is this the case in english?

Thanks a lot.
  

Top answer

Although it is grammatically correct, it doesn't make a lot of sense out of context. Maybe it's saying I went to tennis class or tennis lessons yesterday, something like that. Can you describe the situation where this was used?

— CalifJim

  • Although it is grammatically correct, it doesn't make a lot of sense out of context.
  • Maybe it's saying I went to tennis class or tennis lessons yesterday, something like that.
  • Can you describe the situation where this was used?
  • Often the meaning depends on what people were talking about previously in the conversation.
  • CJ
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Although it is grammatically correct, it doesn't make a lot of sense out of context.

Maybe it's saying I went to tennis class or tennis lessons yesterday, something like that.

Can you describe the situation where this was used? Often the meaning depends on what people were talking about previously in the conversation.

CJ
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Say, like this.

There is a big tennis match in the town. My friends knows that i'm a big fan of tennis. He asks me:

Are you going to tennis today? (meaning to watch other people playing tennis)
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It's uncommon (in AmE anyway) to leave the name of the sport by itself.

I would say "Are you going to the tennis match today?" or "Are you going to the match today?"
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<<Are you going to tennis today?>>No. Even in that context it's too strange. I don't believe that there are many speakers who would say it that way.

CJ
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