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tommy1996
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sport or sports?
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please help me differ "sport and sports" So we will say" baseball is a kind of sport or sports?" and I am good at sport or sports? thanks |
30 Mar 2014
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jannabanna
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Both are used. As a native British speaker, I would say:
I used to play a lot of sport when I was younger. (mass noun)
There is a good sports centre just down the road.
My son won the 200 metres in the school sports. (people compete in various activities)
Hope that helps.
Janet
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30 Mar 2014
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cunliffe
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Further to Janet �s answer, baseball is a kind of sport, (just as meat is a kind of food). I am good at sport. Tennis and netball are my favourite sports.
Sport is used to mean all sports in general.
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30 Mar 2014
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MoodyMoody
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As an American, I would say "I am [not] good at sports." It �s just a different usage on this side of the pond. So in that context, you could use either "sports" or "sport" and be correct. I would also say "I didn �t play a lot of sports when I was younger (and I still don �t!)"
I do say "Baseball is a kind of sport," however. |
30 Mar 2014
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cunliffe
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I would say � I didn �t do much sport/ didn �t do a lot of sport/ didn �t play many sports �. |
30 Mar 2014
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