Commentators saying "denied by the post"

[Bongo Joe]

One of them just did it on MOTD. Really does my head in. The post did not stop the ball going into the net. The post is the boundary for the goal, the bar and posts never stop the ball going in.

Commentators do it all the time and it doesn't make sense at all.

 

[dick slexia]

Its that all you have to worry about? You must have a good life, have a beer and chill out and hope we beat Fulham tomorrow

 

[LCBblue]

Commentators have their own language.

Example: 'Oh and he's taken it round one and whipped in a great cross' - 2 different tenses, they often make no sense and in my opinion, make arses of themselves on live television. Which is excellent comedy value.

 

[quiet_riot]

Commentators have their own language.

Example: 'Oh and he's taken it round one and whipped in a great cross' - 2 different tenses,

taken and whipped are both past tense, are they not?

 

[LCBblue]

Commentators have their own language.

Example: 'Oh and he's taken it round one and whipped in a great cross' - 2 different tenses,

taken and whipped are both past tense, are they not?

Yes, but "he's" is the present tense. If I had wanted my sentence to all be in the past tence, as a normal person would choose to speak, I would have said, 'Oh and he'd taken it round one and whipped in a great cross'.

 

[Ric]

taken and whipped are both past tense, are they not?

Yes, but "he's" is the present tense. If I had wanted my sentence to all be in the past tence, as a normal person would choose to speak, I would have said, 'Oh and he'd taken it round one and whipped in a great cross'.

Haha, bit pedantic that mate.

 

[GoForGlory]

YOU'RE an inanimate fucking object!!

 

[Happy Kundays]

taken and whipped are both past tense, are they not?

Yes, but "he's" is the present tense. If I had wanted my sentence to all be in the past tence, as a normal person would choose to speak, I would have said, 'Oh and he'd taken it round one and whipped in a great cross'.

Isn't a commentator commentating in the present tense though, as he's watching it there and then?

 

[dandeman2008]

taken and whipped are both past tense, are they not?

Yes, but "he's" is the present tense. If I had wanted my sentence to all be in the past tence, as a normal person would choose to speak, I would have said, 'Oh and he'd taken it round one and whipped in a great cross'.

Ignore that....thinking about it im im sure im incorrect.

 

[BlueMooney]

Yes, but "he's" is the present tense. If I had wanted my sentence to all be in the past tence, as a normal person would choose to speak, I would have said, 'Oh and he'd taken it round one and whipped in a great cross'.

Haha, bit pedantic that mate.

He's = He has in that context, no?

He has taken it around one and whipped in a great cross?

 

[dw7]

One of them just did it on MOTD. Really does my head in. The post did not stop the ball going into the net. The post is the boundary for the goal, the bar and posts never stop the ball going in.

Commentators do it all the time and it doesn't make sense at all.

depends what angle the ball is coming from if it hits the outside of the post is does stop it going in

 

[NPBlue]

What about 'the ball picked up some speed off the wet grass'.

No it did'nt, it slowed down, but they still say it!

 

[JamesTenOne]

taken and whipped are both past tense, are they not?

Yes, but "he's" is the present tense. If I had wanted my sentence to all be in the past tence, as a normal person would choose to speak, I would have said, 'Oh and he'd taken it round one and whipped in a great cross'.

There is a tense known as the present-perfect tense (or simply perfect tense). It is essentially used when describing an action that began in the past which has been completed or continues in the present. "He has taken it around one and whipped in a great cross" is an example of this.

( spelling fixed :-P )

 

[NPBlue]

Yes, but "he's" is the present tense. If I had wanted my sentence to all be in the past tence, as a normal person would choose to speak, I would have said, 'Oh and he'd taken it round one and whipped in a great cross'.

There is a tense known as the present-perfect tense (or simply perfect tense). It is essential used when describing an action that began in the past which has been completed or continues in the present. "He has taken in around one and whipped in a great cross" is an example of this.

Would you like to check your spelling?

If we are going to have it, let's get it right! Lol.

 

[JamesTenOne]

There is a tense known as the present-perfect tense (or simply perfect tense). It is essential used when describing an action that began in the past which has been completed or continues in the present. "He has taken in around one and whipped in a great cross" is an example of this.

Would you like to check your spelling?

If we are going to have it, let's get it right! Lol.

I'm very sorry. I'm not normally a boring bastard, I just studied English Language at A Level. I wasn't very good at it, I got a C, but for some reason four years later some of the rubbish I learnt is still in there.