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Players, Player's and Players' | WordReference Forums
Players - plural of player Player's - possessive, belonging to a player. I found a player's uniform in the room. Players' - plural possessive, belonging to a group of players. The team has a problem because its players' uniforms are missing.
What do you call the cards in a player's hand?
In some games other players can take that dicarded card into their hand. 2. In some card games, there are "shared cards" (cards used by all the players) that are placed face-up on the table by the dealer. For example, in tournament poker ("7 card hold-em") each player's "hand" is 2 cards, and there are 5 "shared" cards on the table.
puppy-player-wither | WordReference Forums
As small children, we had the same dreams that other kids did; we wanted to be astronauts or football players or action heroes. I wanted to be a professional puppy-player-wither, which at the time seemed eminently reasonable.
playing on/in the football field - WordReference Forums
En este contexto:. (BrE) The football players were already on the field. Pero en AE quizás se exprese de otra manera.
T-shirt or jersey - WordReference Forums
Hi, In the US, how do you call the T-shirts that the soccer players wear, T-shirt or jersey? Thanks a lot for your help.
Backup / Substitute (in soccer) / Reserve - WordReference Forums
In soccer (Brazilian), all players available for a team are called (literally translating) ''reserves''. I saw on the other thread that American English makes a distinction (there are different types of substitutions) and there are differences in ''backup'' and ''substitute''.
First-string, second-string Vs Starting, Backup - WordReference Forums
Hello everyone, I already know that "first-string" and "second-string" are expressions used in sports meaning "the most skillful players who start in a game" and "the players who are used when the first-stringers are not available". My question: Is it natural/correct to use "starting" and...
played soccer in/on the field - WordReference Forums
The soccer players are playing in/on the field. For the above sentences do I use 'in' or 'on'? Do we use 'in' because the field is big and 'on' when the field is enclosed or fenced up? Thanks a lot. I would include the perspective of the speakers and listeners, as well, or anyone participating in the conversation.
A group who has / who have - WordReference Forums
The players of Real Madrid have won the World Cup. Nikon is going to announce a new camera. Nikon representatives are going to announce a new camera. From British folks, articles, etc I often see the plural, when no such distinction is made. It seems to me just to be the British style with collective nouns. Real Madrid have one the World Cup.
Use of the apostrophe and plural/singular words in a heading.
The names belong to the players, which is why "players' names" is the usual way of writing this, where "players'" is a possessive noun. You can also have "player names" where "player" is an attributive noun - a noun functioning as an adjective.
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