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Anonymous  #487316  Tue, 11 Mar 08 09:08 AM
The Indian hockey had plunged into the pit of despairs. The administration had reared its ugly head in early 90’s. Since then it’s more like a dictator ruling the sports federation rather than a federation. We need to get away from this, the president needs to resign & the rein of the federation should be handed over to a sport person who understand the knit and gritty of the game
  
Maple  #487389  Tue, 11 Mar 08 12:15 PM

Hello, Anon,

Just one commnet,

Not "the knit and gritty", because "the knitty-gritty"  is a phrase, means "the basic facts of a situation"  According to Cambridge Advanced Learners Dict.

 
  
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Grammar Geek  #487399  Tue, 11 Mar 08 12:37 PM

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The Indian hockey team? system? needs a noun had plunged into the pit of despairs. The administration had reared its ugly head in early 90’s and from that time it was or has been? . Since then it’s more like a dictator ruling the sports federation rather than a federation not sure what you mean by this. We need to get away from this. The , the president needs to resign & and the reins of the federation should be handed over to a sports person who understands the nitty-gritty knit and gritty of the game

Your tenses are off. You use past perfect, which says something else happened after that, but still in the past. Do you mean they ARE in despair, or that they WERE in despair?

 
  
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Anonymous  #487564  Tue, 11 Mar 08 06:33 PM

Thanks a lot for pointing out my mistakes, acually i want to improve my grammar so i just tried writing this small article i did the changes as per your feedbacks kindly check is i am on track now

The Indian hockey has plunged into the pit of despairs. The administration has reared its ugly head in early 90’s. Since then it has been more like a dictator ruling the sports federation rather than a federation. The president needs to resign & the rein of the federation should be handed over to a sports person who understands thenitty-gritty of the game

  
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