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American tennis players were disqualify for play; as a result there were no American in the tennis finals at Wimbledon

2007-03-01 12:43:05 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference Words & Wordplay

4 answers

Here it goes, step by step:

1. after the verb "qualify" one must use the infinitive (= "to qualify to play): American tennis players were qualified to play;

[another option: "to qualify for the finals" : verb + preposition "for" + noun]

2. the opposite of "qualify" is "disqualify": American tennis players were disqualified to play;

3. passive voice: "were" [past tense of "to be"] + "disqualified" [past participle of the main verb];

4. "there is/was" (followed by a noun in the singular): there was no one in the library;

5. "there are/were" (followed by a plural): there were no Americans in the tennis finals at Wimbledon;

6. use of prepositions:

(A) AT (indicates "a point in space": at the door); IN (= inside: in the living-room);

(B) these prepositions are also used with certain expressions, such as "in the finals" and "at risk";

7. as a compound sentence, it should be rewritten:

Since American tennis players were disqualified to play at Wimbledon, there were no Americans in the [tennis] finals.

2007-03-01 22:48:59 · answer #1 · answered by Nice 5 · 0 0

Dude, the grammar in that sentence isn't even right.

American tennis players were disqualified for playing; as a result, there were no Americans in the finals at Wimbledon.

There you go. THAT is what the correct version of the sentence is.

2007-03-01 20:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by Sultana 4 · 0 0

American tennis players were disqualified; resulting in no American finalist at Wimbledon.
Or.....
There were no American tennis players at Wimbledon because they were disqualified.
(non-compound version)

2007-03-01 21:02:45 · answer #3 · answered by ? 5 · 0 1

The sentence is wrong at many levels.

2007-03-01 20:50:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anpadh 6 · 1 0

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