Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
Grammar
winning vs. win
Hi there,
Could you help me with this grammar question? In the sentence:
Their winning of the game made them happy.
Could you use win in place of winning?
Thank you.
Diane
Could you help me with this grammar question? In the sentence:
Their winning of the game made them happy.
Could you use win in place of winning?
Thank you.
Diane
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You can't say "Their win of the game made them happy." You could say "The team's win made them happy." Of course, you could also say "They were happy they won the game."
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Grammar GeekYou can't say "Their win of the game made them happy.""Why can't we say it?
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Hi,
Why can't we say it?It's not idiomatic. 'We' don't say it that way because we don't like to say it that way.
| You can't say "Their win of the game made them happy."" |
Why can't we say it?It's not idiomatic. 'We' don't say it that way because we don't like to say it that way.
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we don't say it that way because we don't like to say it that way-> we don't like it but we can do it.
So, is this sentence "Their win of the game made them happy" correct?
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Do you understand what "idiomatic" means?
You can utter any sequence of words you want.
The first question is, will you be understood? Yes, in this case, you will. Native speakers can understand many, many things said by non-native speakers, despite grammatical errors.
The next question is, it is grammatical? From a purely grammatical view, there is nothing "wrong" w
You can utter any sequence of words you want.
The first question is, will you be understood? Yes, in this case, you will. Native speakers can understand many, many things said by non-native speakers, despite grammatical errors.
The next question is, it is grammatical? From a purely grammatical view, there is nothing "wrong" w
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