What do the underlined words refer to?
Hi teachers!
The following is a book I study now. I don't understand what the underlined the first and the second refer to each.
Does the first refer to individual games and the second the season? Otherwise does the first refer to interest and the second attention?
Team sports offer a particularly compelling form of drama. The outcome of a game, unlike that of a scripted drama, is unknown. Few people watch the same play or motion picture repeatedly because after they have seen it once they know the ending. The tension is gone. But tension fills each and every game of baseball, football, and basketball. Moreover, in organized sports the tension carries beyond each individual game and tends to increase over time. Each game is part of a designated sequence—a season—the goal of which is to produce a champion. Both individual games and the season as a whole attract interest and attention. Spectators follow the first to find out which of the two contesting teams will win, and the second to learn which one will emerge as the ultimate champion. Suspense mounts because, as the end of the season approaches, games tend to become more important to the determination of the champion.
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Michelle Cha Does the first refer to individual games and the second the season? This one. You are seeing a good example of why it is usually better to be explicit in writing.
- Michelle Cha Does the first refer to individual games and the second the season?
- This one.
- You are seeing a good example of why it is usually better to be explicit in writing.
- " The comma was unnecessary.
- Using "first" and "second" that way is exactly like using "former" and "latter", seldom a good idea.
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Michelle ChaDoes the first refer to individual games and the second the season?
This one. You are seeing a good example of why it is usually better to be explicit in writing. It would have been clearer as "Spectators follow the games to find out which of the two contesting teams will win and the season to learn which one will emerge as the ultimate champion
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