By Prepositions, Football

(1) Prior to 1964 when Clay converted to the Muslim religion and changed his name to Muhammad Ali, he seemed to fit comfortably enough within the context of establishment white values. Is the phrase “of establishment white values.” ok? Please advise. (2) The most famous and celebrated...

(1) While at Oberlin, Lucy developed a like-minded friendship with Antoinette Brown, who would later become the first woman to become an ordained Protestant minister in the United States. Is repetition of become necessary in "who would later become the first woman to become an"?...

Thanks for suggestions. My English-Finnish dictionary has an example of using the verb "win" and according to it I can say "win by three to one". Any thoughts? I think it would be ok since it is just a shortened version without the word "goals"The Oxford Advanced...

Both Marry and i wanted the last piece of cake.We both thought this novel was one of the finest books we had ever read.When it came to spring,my thoughts often turned to the years i had spent quarterbacking my high school football team. They would be subject, direct object or object of...

Hi MrPedantic, Thank you very much for your answer. Unfortunatly, no one else answered the rest of my questions. Could you please help me with them?Here is my question about your answer.1. Do you play any other sports besides/plus/in addition to/as well as football and basketball? plus ] no,...

Clive wrote: Hi, The place that you should play football is the playground, not the classroom. The hotel that I stayed in was by a river. 1. Can the first sentence be written as " The place that you should play football in is the playground" (with preposition "in") Yes, but it sounds...

Hi, The place that you should play football is the playground, not the classroom. The hotel that I stayed in was by a river. 1. Can the first sentence be written as " The place that you should play football in is the playground" (with preposition "in") Yes, but it sounds better without...

The place that you should play football is the playground, not the classroom. The hotel that I stayed in was by a river. 1. Can the first sentence be written as " The place that you should play football in is the playground" (with preposition "n") 2. Can the second sentence be written...

of always has the 'v' sound at the end except in (typically faster) informal conversation, where the 'v' is sometimes dropped when the following word begins with a consonant, 'of' then being identical in sound to the word 'a'. Help! Help! An alligator's got a hold of me! (a hold a me) A...

Sanz wrote: Hi, tell me what is the suitable preposition to fill the blanks (in, on, at) I can't figure out. He likes playing football on weekends Vancouver is a very cold city in winter I didn't find some lesson which talked about prepositions with seasons and weekends.