sporting goods vs. sport good

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Magic79

#420257 Tue, 18 Sep 07 12:52 AM

Hi!

Any difference between

sporting goods vs. sport good?

I dont think there is any even though there were 30,000 hits for sporting and 500,000 for sport. What do you think?

Magic79

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Clive

#420275 Tue, 18 Sep 07 01:55 AM

Hi,

Any difference between

sporting goods vs. sport goods?

I dont think there is any even though there were 30,000 hits for sporting and 500,000 for sport. What do you think?

There's really not a lot of difference, but the normal idiomatic phrase in my experience is 'sporting goods'. eg 'This store sells sporting goods'.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

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Magic79

#420450 Tue, 18 Sep 07 09:52 AM

Thanks Clive!

Magic79

Eimai_Anglos

#420460 Tue, 18 Sep 07 10:03 AM

In MY English there is no such phrase as "sport good". I wouldn't have a clue what you were referring to. Although, in theory, "good" can be used in its singular form, in practice it never is.

Also "sport" is a noun, not an adjective. To convert it to an adjective use "sports" or "sporting".

Eimai_Anglos

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Magic79

#420486 Tue, 18 Sep 07 10:33 AM

good(s) i forgot to write the s. Clive put it there in a different color to show me that I forgot it.

So maybe :

Sporting/Sports goods is British

Sport goods is American

???????

Magic79

Marius Hancu

#420514 Tue, 18 Sep 07 11:12 AM

First of all, you should search/google for
"sporting goods"
(in question marks, in order to group up the terms)
not just for
"sporting"

The results are clear:
627,000 for "sport goods"
28,400,000 for "sporting goods"

The hits for "sport goods" are mostly coming from non-native sites.

Marius Hancu

Joined on Wed, Apr 26 2006

Montreal, Canada

Veteran Member (11,673)

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Magic79

#420557 Tue, 18 Sep 07 12:33 PM

Yes I checked goole hits and I think I misread the numbers.

The results are clear:
627,000 for "sport goods" (incorrect English)
28,400,000 for "sporting goods" (correct English)
2,970,000 for "sports goods" (correct English)

Magic79

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