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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
Location: The 4th Greatest Place on Earth = Jeonju!!!
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 Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: Does this make sense? |
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Sometimes I think that being in Korea and speaking kiddie English all day has impacted my reading comprehensions skills but does this sentence make sense?
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070519/ap_on_sp_ba_ga_su/bbo_yankees_mets;_ylt=A0WTUeiyyk9G5kkBTg0N97QF
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All-Star second baseman Robinson Cano made three errors and b itched a double-play relay for the Yankees.
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I'm trying to figure out how this sentence could be right but I'm drawing a blank....
Edit: Damn you swear filter! Damn you to hell! |
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Juregen
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:36 pm Post subject: |
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| probably the word should be "ditched". |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Juregen wrote: |
| probably the word should be "ditched". |
perhaps....I thought that butchered might be the word they were looking for.
I've noticed a lot of strange errors while reading news reports lately. I guess they are rushed for time and don't have time to proofread properly....
It does make for interesting reading though  |
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the eye
Joined: 29 Jan 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 9:45 pm Post subject: |
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BOTCHED !
It's pretty common in sports commentary. |
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Alyallen
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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| Posted: Sat May 19, 2007 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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| the eye wrote: |
BOTCHED !
It's pretty common in sports commentary. |
Damn it!
I didn't even think of that one.
Damn....My English is definitely slipping  |
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Qinella
Joined: 25 Feb 2005
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| Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 1:42 am Post subject: |
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| Botch is one of those words that only sports and entertainment writers use because they are constantly thumbing their thesauri due to writing about the same topic day in, day out. Don't beat yourself up over it, turtle girl. |
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