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Author Topic: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths  (Read 281031 times)

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #390 on: November 18, 2017, 09:13:15 PM »
I think wolves will remain strong all season

Wouldn’t at all surprise me if the wheels came off for the blades or Cardiff

But overall I suspect we are looking at the play offs

Offline sickbeggar

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #391 on: November 18, 2017, 09:15:09 PM »
The blades lost one of their key players today for the season i see. Wouldn't wish that injury on anyone but with our squad this is where we should have the advantage over them in the long run.

Offline SoccerHQ

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #392 on: November 18, 2017, 09:18:23 PM »
Cardiff aren't that great away.

Sheffield United is the wildcard. You'd expect them to fall away but look at their form over the last 12 months. 100 points last season and they're winning most weeks.

It's a club that just can't stop winning.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #393 on: November 18, 2017, 09:32:05 PM »
We've still got to play the blades home and away. We can haul them in


Offline Damo70

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #394 on: November 18, 2017, 09:34:56 PM »
We've still got to play the blades home and away. We can haul them in

That was a disgraceful missed opportunity to use the line 'blunt the blades' as opposed to 'we can haul them in'. You will never make a living in tabloid journalism.

Offline Des Little

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #395 on: November 18, 2017, 09:40:29 PM »
We've still got to play the blades home and away. We can haul them in

That was a disgraceful missed opportunity to use the line 'blunt the blades' as opposed to 'we can haul them in'. You will never make a living in tabloid journalism.

...or mention their lovely big tits

Offline curiousorange

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #396 on: November 18, 2017, 11:35:12 PM »
After waiting most of the 2015/16 season to see my prediction of Leicester doing a Devon Loch, I wouldn't put it past Sheffield United to win this division.

Offline Bad English

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #397 on: November 18, 2017, 11:53:29 PM »
Weren't there less teams in the league back then though?

Fewer.

Less works equally as well. As in, a smaller amount. I accept fewer is specific to numbers.
No, it doesn't. Less is for uncountable nouns  and fewer is for countable nouns.

They play less football. There are Fewer teams.
Eat less chocolate. Eat fewer chocolates.

The match tickets cost fewer than twenty pounds back then. ;)
Less is used with both countable and uncountable nouns in the comparative form with than. Tickets cost less than twenty pounds (an amount). Which means fewer than twenty pound coins (units).
« Last Edit: November 19, 2017, 12:01:26 AM by Bad English »

Offline Sexual Ealing

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #398 on: November 19, 2017, 01:36:49 AM »
Weren't there less teams in the league back then though?

Fewer.

Less works equally as well. As in, a smaller amount. I accept fewer is specific to numbers.
No, it doesn't. Less is for uncountable nouns  and fewer is for countable nouns.

They play less football. There are Fewer teams.
Eat less chocolate. Eat fewer chocolates.

The match tickets cost fewer than twenty pounds back then. ;)
Less is used with both countable and uncountable nouns in the comparative form with than. Tickets cost less than twenty pounds (an amount). Which means fewer than twenty pound coins (units).

The less/fewer thing is one that grinds my gears too. Nonethefewer, I think we have to accept that language changes and this is one of the areas (in fact, area's) where it's currently about to become infuriatingly acceptable.

Offline ciggiesnbeer

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #399 on: November 19, 2017, 02:45:10 AM »
I still havent forgiven the world for "decimated" yet and don't get me started on "trillion".

Bastards.

Offline Ads

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #400 on: November 19, 2017, 02:46:07 AM »
What's wrong with decimated?

Offline ciggiesnbeer

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #401 on: November 19, 2017, 03:01:59 AM »
What's wrong with decimated?

It has come to mean wiped out or almost destroyed. It comes from one in ten. Julius would roll in his grave.

Offline MoetVillan

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #402 on: November 19, 2017, 08:08:06 AM »
I see your decimated and raise you "medalled"

Offline Bad English

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #403 on: November 19, 2017, 09:06:04 AM »
Weren't there less teams in the league back then though?

Fewer.

Less works equally as well. As in, a smaller amount. I accept fewer is specific to numbers.
No, it doesn't. Less is for uncountable nouns  and fewer is for countable nouns.

They play less football. There are Fewer teams.
Eat less chocolate. Eat fewer chocolates.

The match tickets cost fewer than twenty pounds back then. ;)
Less is used with both countable and uncountable nouns in the comparative form with than. Tickets cost less than twenty pounds (an amount). Which means fewer than twenty pound coins (units).

The less/fewer thing is one that grinds my gears too. Nonethefewer, I think we have to accept that language changes and this is one of the areas (in fact, area's) where it's currently about to become infuriatingly acceptable.
Yes, you hear people use 'less' with countable nouns so in usage it becomes more common. I do it at times. I try to take the drama out of grammar for my young learners by pointing out that you can make 'mistakes' and still communicate effectively (and that they will hear all sorts of stuff that they have been told was 'wrong': "he weren't", "I have took" etc.  Nevertheless, they need to develop a coherent cognitive system around their language skills so, without being a prescriptive grammar Nazi, telling them they can do as they wish with certain words or forms is not always helpful:
doing your own thing with 'fewer/less' is not going to help you with 'few/little' much/many and so on.






Offline Matt Collins

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Re: The Much Awaited Return of Promotion Maths
« Reply #404 on: November 19, 2017, 09:06:30 AM »
Weren't there less teams in the league back then though?

Fewer.

Less works equally as well. As in, a smaller amount. I accept fewer is specific to numbers.
No, it doesn't. Less is for uncountable nouns  and fewer is for countable nouns.

They play less football. There are Fewer teams.
Eat less chocolate. Eat fewer chocolates.

The match tickets cost fewer than twenty pounds back then. ;)
Less is used with both countable and uncountable nouns in the comparative form with than. Tickets cost less than twenty pounds (an amount). Which means fewer than twenty pound coins (units).

The less/fewer thing is one that grinds my gears too. Nonethefewer, I think we have to accept that language changes and this is one of the areas (in fact, area's) where it's currently about to become infuriatingly acceptable.

It had better fucking not

 


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