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- opponent (a player or a team of players?) | WordReference Forums
Hi all, when referring to the opponent team as a whole in a football basketball match, should I call them "opponent" or "opponents"? When I look up this word in the dictionary, the word is defined as a person, but I wonder if it can also refer to a team of players Many thanks! :)
- one of the best OR one of the better | WordReference Forums
Manchester had the best players on the day (Would only sound correct to me if we're talking in relation to something like a competition where many teams played and they were the best of all)
- I saw them play playing soccer. . | WordReference Forums
On the other hand, 'He saw them playing soccer' places an emphasis on the players ('them playing') 'I have seen them in the classroom and I have seen them playing soccer, and they looked like two different lots of children'
- A group who has who have - WordReference Forums
The players of Real Madrid have won the World Cup Nikon is going to announce a new camera Nikon representatives are going to announce a new camera From British folks, articles, etc I often see the plural, when no such distinction is made It seems to me just to be the British style with collective nouns Real Madrid have one the World Cup
- So meta - WordReference Forums
They began by defining the concept of a "finite game", as any game between two players that was guaranteed to end within a finite number of moves Noughts and crosses (also called tic-tac-toe) is one example of a finite game
- On the curb. | WordReference Forums
Unable to afford the salaries of superstars, the creative Beane goes looking for players who are young, raw and or overlooked One recruiting tirtakes him to the home of Scott Hatteburg, a former catcher whose playing career was seemingly ended by an elbow injury
- As good well as anyone | WordReference Forums
John is as good as anyone (because everyone is equal under the law) John can't play soccer at all John is not as good as anyone, but the outstanding soccer players are as good as anyone Everyone is not equally good at soccer All the teams in the league aren't equally good or there would be very little point in playing A whole season of draws
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