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Vincent Teo

#390447 Tue, 10 Jul 07 06:04 PM

Can I say,

(a) A tug of war is a sport and exciting game.
(b) The tug of war is an event on Sport Day.
(c) There was a tug-of-war on the sports event.
(d) The tug-of-war is a / the sport event.
(f) We have tug-of-war in event of the sport.

Vincent Teo

Joined on Sat, Mar 31 2007

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Clive

#390459 Tue, 10 Jul 07 06:34 PM

Hi,

First, a couple of comments. A tug-of-war is an event. You might call it a sport, but some people would say it is not organized and popular enough to be called a real sport.

The adjective from 'sport' is 'sports', eg a sports event.

I've tried to change your sentences into something that sounds like a natural thing to say.

(a) A tug of war is a sport and exciting game. A tug of war is exciting.

(b) The tug of war is an event on Sports Day.
(c) There was a tug-of-war on the sports event. There was a tug-of-war event on Sports Day.
(d) The tug-of-war is a sports event.

What happened to item (e)? Smile [:)]
(f) We have tug-of-war in event of the sport. We havea tug-of-war as a sports event.

Best wishes, Clive

Clive

Joined on Thu, Oct 28 2004

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Vincent Teo

#390871 Wed, 11 Jul 07 04:30 PM

Can I say,

Tug of war is a good event.
A tug of war is an event on / in (the) Sport Day.
They have a tug of war in / for / of the event.
We hold tug of war of event every year.

Vincent Teo

Clive

#390904 Wed, 11 Jul 07 05:06 PM

Hi,

Can I say,

Tug of war is a good event.
A tug of war is an event on / in (the) Sport Day.
They have a tug of war in / for / of the event.
We hold tug of war of event every year
1. The tug of war is a good event.
2. The tug of war is an event on Sports Day.
3. They have a tug of war in the event.
4. We hold a tug of war event every year.
5. Best wishes, Clive

Clive