Search results for 'tag:Prepositions tag:Football' matching tags 'Prepositions' and 'Football'

Re: Do you know the football team which he belongs to?

Clive — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 02:22:07 GMT

Hi,
#1, because we usually tend to leave the preposition at the end, at least in speech and informal writing.
But consider that you could live for a period of years in an English-speaking country and not hear anyone say either of those particular sentences.
Clive

Re: Adverb /adjective "in the garden"

Goodman — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:25:16 GMT

thactoad

The children in the garden are playing football. - Is this an adjective phrase telling us more about the children?

The children are playing football in the garden. - Is this an adverb phrase of place telling where the children are playing?

However, is the phrase in both sentences also prepositional phrases?

I'm just a little confused!!!

Many thanks

This is how I approach the phrase âin the gardenâ, or any phrase in this nature

By itself, itâs classified as âpreposition phraseâ because of the use of âinâ.
Children are playing [in the garden]. The bracketed phrase is now an adverbial phrase because it tells where the children are playing.
Itâs not an adjective phrase however because it does not contain adjective. If the phrase were â the tallest kid playing is the garden is my sonâ, then itâs an adjective phrase.

This is the extent of my understanding. Feel free to critique if I were wrong about it.

grammar help!

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:09:13 GMT

(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 âof establishment white values.â ok? Please advise.

(2) The most famous and celebrated American athlete in the 1990s was Michael Jordan. Jordan would epitomize of the successful black athlete; his acceptance the culmination of the long struggle for racial equality by African Americans in the sports arena.

Is the phrase âJordan would epitomize of theâ ok? Please check.

(3) This mind-set has predictable consequences. A boxer doesnât avoid injuries so much as endure them.

Is preposition missing in âso much as endure them.â? Please clarify.

(4) Oriard notes that each year almost a quarter of the NFL veterans fail to make the team.

Is preposition missing in âto make the team.â Please clarify.

(5) One gets the impression that a veritable cottage industry of self-proclaimed training experts has arisen to offer their services to athletes.

Should it be âhave arisenâ? Please advise.

(6) Salvino trained religiously for two hours a day over the course of some 40 years, and has the calluses to show for it.

Should it be religiously or rigorously? Please check.

(7) One of the more notorious incidents occurred in 1951 when the young Mickey Mantleâs spikes caught on a rubber cover over a sprinkler fixture in Yankee Stadiumâs outfield, causing him to trip and tear ligaments in his knee.

Should it be âmost notorious incidentsâ? Please clarify.

(8) The current uses of technology to shape, protect, and repair the athleteâs body stands in stark contrast to the days of Red Pollard and Ty Cobb.

Should it be âstandâ? Please check.

(9) During a visit with my childrenâs maternal great grandfather, he reminisced from his Indiana nursing home bed how he had played football with the Olympic champion back in 1915 on Pine Villageâs semipro team.

Should it be âDuring a visit to myâ? Please check.

(10) I had to decide on which sports to include to represent the broad athletic experience.

Can âto representâ be changed to âin order to representâ? Please advise.

(11) The reader will learn more about father-son relationships through Earl Woodsâ dreams for his son and the regimen he created to develop his young prodigy than from a description of Tiger sinking a 30-foot putt

Should it be â30-feet puttâ? Please check.

(12) Moreover, athletes tend to block awareness of the pattern assumed by most all careers that depend on skilled performance: that there is an ascent, plateau, and descent.

Is the phrase âby most all careersâ ok? Please check.

(13) Success leads to prestige on the local, state, and regional levels: name and picture on the sports page and on the local television channel, maybe even mention in national publications like Sports Illustrated.

Should it be âmay be even mentionedâ? Please clarify.

(14) They may unaware of the coachâs plan to cut them from the team.

Should it be âThey may be unawareâ? Please check.

(15) He batted .237 with 18 home runs in 1968. He was used as a sometimes first baseman to spare his beat-up legs while the fans continued to pay their tribute, but it made him uneasy.

Should it be âHe was sometimes used as a first basemanâ? Please clarify.

(16) At age 60, he could be found most every day on the Southern California courts teaching and getting ready for the next tournament.

Is the phrase âhe could be found most every dayâ ok? Please check.

(17) Jackie Robinson retired at age 37 while he still was able to play competitively.

Should it be âwhile he was still able to playâ? Please check.

grammar questions

Anonymous — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:02:16 GMT

(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"? Please rephrase.

(2) The attention and special treatment accorded young athletes continues into adolescence. Green recounts the favorable treatment accorded him and his young teammates; how the other kids gaze at them starry eyed and adults fawn over them simply because they are talented athletes.

Should it be âaccorded to young athletesâ? Please rephrase if necessary.

(3) He stretched the patience of the school superintendent by his disregard for class attendance despite being excused from afternoon classes to attend football practice. Nor did Thorpe make much use of the paid tutors that were provided Carlisle athletes.

Should it be âprovided to Carlisle athletes.â Please clarify.

(4) However, Rose preferred rubbing elbows the common people to the celebrity circuit.

Is any preposition missing after âelbowsâ? Please check.

(5) The modified relationship with the press when Michael Jordan was playing in the NBA in the 1980s and â90s are reflected in journalist David Halberstamâs book on the Chicago Bulls star.

Should it be âis reflectedâ? Please check S-V agreement.

(6) Seldom did alcohol go any farther than that, as drunkenness wasnât tolerated among the players in the Negro League ball parks. Winter League play in Latin America was an another matter.

Should it be âwas another matterâ? Please check.

(7) The team managerâs imprudent conduct coupled with a club environment conducive to imbibing alcohol were prelude to a tragedy.

Should it be âwas preludeâ? Please check.

Re: Football / Ice hockey results and scores: How to write and talk

EagerSeeker — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 21:32:55 GMT

optilang
This is how I would say them

England is leading/is losing/lost/won (by three to one / 3 - 1) - England are leading/losing/lost/won three one.

England is leading/is losing/lost/won (by three goals to one / 3 - 1) - OK

England is leading/is losing/lost/won (by one goal to zero/nil / 3 - 0) - by three goals to nil/ England are losing/lost won three nil.

England is leading/is losing/lost/won (two nil/zero / two to nil/zero / 2 - 0) two nil or by two goals to nil.
The match/game/score is now even 3-3 (three three / ~~three to three~~) in the second half (football). The result is a draw . Three three draw, nil nil draw
The match/game/score is now even 3-3 in the third period (ice hockey).

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 Learner's dictionary mentions that the word "zero" is synonym of "nil" so maybe I can also say "two zero"?

And what about if I'll add the preposition "at" as follows?
The match/game/score is now even at 3-3

Object of preposition

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:15:23 GMT

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 preposition ?

Re: in addition to

Anonymous — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 12:59:11 GMT

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, not used like that
I don't understand why it can't be used here. Here it is used as a preposition and means add more information.

in addition to ] sounds a little odd in conjunction with "other sports", to me

He plays other sports in addition to/besides football.
Does the example sound right?
Do the two mean the same and interchangeable?

as well as ] could be confused with the meaning "...as ably as..."
I know it could be confused. If it means add some more information, could it be used here instead of all the others?

Best wishes

Re: where vs that

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:40:32 GMT

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 better without 'in'.

You could also say The place where you should play football is the playground, not the classroom. Don't say 'in'.

2. Can the second sentence be written as "The hotel that I stayed was by a river." (without preposition "in") No. You need 'in'.

You could also say "The hotel where I stayed was by a river." Don't say 'in'.

Best wishes, Clive

Hi Clive,

I can't understand; Why does "hotel" have to take "in" where as "the place" is ok without preposition "in". They are both nouns of place aren't they?

Re: where vs that

Clive — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 22:33:52 GMT

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 'in'.

You could also say The place where you should play football is the playground, not the classroom. Don't say 'in'.

2. Can the second sentence be written as "The hotel that I stayed was by a river." (without preposition "in") No. You need 'in'.

You could also say "The hotel where I stayed was by a river." Don't say 'in'.

Best wishes, Clive

where vs that

Anonymous — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:35:49 GMT

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 as "The hotel that I stayed was by a river." (without preposition "in")