Hans51 Posted 12 years ago
Grammar
Without a single goal scored / shanked
"With the match going the full 90 minutes without a single goal scored, the match went into extra time, still looking for a clear winner."
I am trying to analyze the sentence and I can't understand the bold phrase because I was wondering if the structure of it is the same as "with my arms crossed" or just "that was" omitted like "without a single goal that was scored" or both are possible and there is no meaning difference between them?
"He shanked his final chance at an equalizer"
I looked up the word shank in dictionaries but I failed to find a suitable meaning for the sentence and I think that the reporter made the sentence and it is just a weird sentence. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
I am trying to analyze the sentence and I can't understand the bold phrase because I was wondering if the structure of it is the same as "with my arms crossed" or just "that was" omitted like "without a single goal that was scored" or both are possible and there is no meaning difference between them?
"He shanked his final chance at an equalizer"
I looked up the word shank in dictionaries but I failed to find a suitable meaning for the sentence and I think that the reporter made the sentence and it is just a weird sentence. What do you native English speakers think? Thank you so much as usual in advance.
Top answer
without a single goal having been scored'. Here's one meaning of 'shank': (anatomy) the shin (Collins) The player missed his kick and the ball came off his lower leg.
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It means '...without a single goal having been scored'.
Here's one meaning of 'shank':
The player missed his kick and the ball came off his lower leg.
Here's one meaning of 'shank':
- (anatomy) the shin (Collins)
The player missed his kick and the ball came off his lower leg.
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"without a single goal being scored". I think that "scored" is more verbal (less adjectival) than "crossed" in "with my arms crossed".
"shank" means "mishit" -- when you don't connect cleanly with the ball, and it flies off in the wrong direction.
"shank" means "mishit" -- when you don't connect cleanly with the ball, and it flies off in the wrong direction.
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