By Nouns, Football

flick-on (plural flick-ons) noun Definition: flick of ball to teammate: in soccer and field hockey, a light touch on a moving ball with the foot, head, or stick intended to guide it toward a teammate http://ca.encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561533222/flick-on.html

To Cool Breeze about Champions League. Actually I would not have known whether to put an apostrophe or not in this case (I'm not a football enthusiast). In general you're right, that plural nouns are not often used adjectivally. the exception is when a noun is normally used in the plural. As we...

J Lewis wrote:Yes, Cool Breeze, I agree. Your two possibilites are right and I wouldn't use the plural without an apostrophe. I note that in AmE you say "afterward". I didn't know that; in BrE we say "afterwards". And also "towards".Thank you, J Lewis. I am familiar with both toward and towards...

Would someone please explain to me why my guess is wrong or right? I am confused about Direct Objects and Objects of a preposition. Thank you. - Sweetie Even though the darkenng skies threatened rain, the band decided to play the concert. A. Subject B. Verb C. Direct Object D. ...

sport noun gameFootball, cricket and hockey are all team sports.I enjoy winter sports like skiing and skating. sports adjective relating to sport:sports equipment.It's the school sports day on Monday. She excels at sport. The preposition should be "in" or She excels the others at...

It's lineup, not line up. Also, it should be, IMO: Vanity Fair's lineup of political and world affairs is even better this month than usual. ------------ lineup Function:noun Inflected Form(s):-s Etymology:1line up 1 : a line of persons arranged for inspection;...

Ignorant88 wrote: I was told that when a parenthetical element follows a coordinating conjunction used to connect two independent clauses, we do put a comma in front of the parenthetical element. 1) The Tigers spend much of the season at the bottom of the league, and even though they picked...

Hi BelieverI feel tempted to disagree slightly with Mr. M regarding "He grew up in the South Jeolla province." The article is not associated with South Jeolla but province, and province is a common noun, not a proper noun. The article can be used.In the same way you can say the England manager...

This is a new approach to a motivational letter. I couldn't begin to say whether that is better than a traditional letter or not a good idea. So, if you want to go with this more creative style (and I'm not saying you are wrong) here are my comments. Check your spelling - ou have one or two...

They are really enthusiastic. The adjective enthusiastic is modified by the adverb really to form the adjectival phrase. It is the complement of the verb are. ...