WIN OR WON

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I got this doubt when i was watching the cricket match. The match was already won my mumbai indians and commentator said this "Mumbai WIN this by 33 runs but that victory margin DOESN"T reflect how closely fought it was at one point"

The commentator used WIN and doesn't . I think that should be WON and DIDN"T since the match was over already

AlpheccaStars · Accepted Answer

Note: The pronoun "I" is ALWAYS capitalized, and so are proper nouns.

"Mumbai wins by 33 runs. (That is a truth statement in reference to this match. If the other team scored 100 runs, Mumbai scored 133.)

This difference does not reflect how close... (At one point in the match, Mumbai may have been behind by many runs.) This is a statement of opinion after the match is over.

CalifJim · Answer

Sharan Yadav RI think that should be WON and DIDN"T since the match was over already.

won is also correct, but the game is so fresh in the mind of the commentator that he speaks in the present tense. This use of the present tense is very common when reporting sports events.

didn't is also possible, but it makes less sense. Even many weeks after the game we can say of a recorded victory margin that it doesn't reflect how closely fought the game was. The reason here is that we are talking about a permanent record of what happened during the game, and that record is still available for us to talk about. The victory margin of that game will never change.

CJ

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