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Ask for help > Can this sentence considered correct?
Can this sentence considered correct?
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caren_630
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Can this sentence considered correct?
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Can i consider this sentence correct "Chemistry is a game to him"? He is trying to say that someone is good at chemistry. |
18 Jan 2012
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yanogator
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Yes. It �s possible and not even unusual. We also say "a breeze" or "a piece of cake".
Bruce |
18 Jan 2012
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cunliffe
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I would take it to mean that chemistry is just a joke to him. |
18 Jan 2012
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foose1
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I think it is original as kids love games. So, if chemistry is a game to him, then it means that chemistry can be fun to learn. Definitely, not a joke but something that can be easy, "like a piece of cake." |
18 Jan 2012
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douglas
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Technically- if it �s a game to him he enjoys it--he doesn �t, necessarily, have to be good at it nor is it necessarily easy for him.
(I know people that love to surf. It �s "their game", but they aren �t really too good at it in reality).
But generally, if we say something is a game to someone it usually implies that they are good at it.
<<my two cents>>
Douglas |
18 Jan 2012
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cunliffe
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I think you can imply that �chemistry is just a game to him � isn �t a meaningful utterance. I �m English and ancient and it certainly doesn �t mean that he �s good at chemistry. It means, if anything, that he doesn �t take it seriously. Actually, it doesn �t sound natural and I �ve never heard of it. �Chemistry is a breeze � conveys what you mean to say i.e �Chemistry is easy for him � or �Chemistry is a doddle �. or, much more colloquial - �a piece of p*** �
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18 Jan 2012
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boydegg
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I agree with Cunliffe.
The only way it works is in the sense of: Chemistry is a joke to him; he doesn �t take the subject seriously. |
18 Jan 2012
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edrodmedina
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I �ve heard it used the way Bruce (yanogator) mentioned above when something comes easily to someone. It �s so easy that it seems like a game he/she doesn �t have to work at it. My two pence. Ed |
18 Jan 2012
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