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    From [email protected]@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 4 17:30:30 2025
    XPost: sci.lang, alt.usage.english

    Why do we (and TV broadcasters) say....

    (when a batter grounds out)

    [... and there's 2 outs]


    TV broadcasters would almost never say

    [... and there're 2 outs]

    while some may say

    [... and there're now 2 outs]

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  • From Tilde@21:1/5 to HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jul 4 22:48:35 2025
    XPost: sci.lang, alt.usage.english

    HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

    Why do we (and TV broadcasters) say....

    (when a batter grounds out)

    [... and there's 2 outs]

    Short for "there is", it seems incorrect here because
    "2 outs" is not a single thing. However, in English
    by English speakers, it's simply easier to say.

    TV broadcasters would almost never say

    [... and there're 2 outs]

    while some may say

    [... and there're now 2 outs]

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  • From David Entwistle@21:1/5 to HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jul 5 07:52:53 2025
    On Fri, 04 Jul 2025 17:30:30 GMT, HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:

    Why do we (and TV broadcasters) say....

    (when a batter grounds out)

    [... and there's 2 outs]

    I guess they are treating "2 outs" as a single conditional-state (a gate)
    to allow double play. Not that I know anything about baseball...

    --
    David Entwistle

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  • From Richard Heathfield@21:1/5 to David Entwistle on Sun Jul 6 17:05:20 2025
    On 05/07/2025 08:52, David Entwistle wrote:
    Not that I know anything about baseball...

    It's rounders. Played when you can't find the stumps.

    --
    Richard Heathfield
    Email: rjh at cpax dot org dot uk
    "Usenet is a strange place" - dmr 29 July 1999
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