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« on: January 23, 2008, 10:12:04 AM »
When you talk about a tie, do you say, "tied at 44" or "tied at 44-44?"

Is "tied at 44" clear enough? Is "tied at 44-44" redundant?
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« Reply #1 on: January 23, 2008, 10:12:58 AM »
The "at" is redundant in the second one.  Tied 44-44.
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« Reply #2 on: January 23, 2008, 10:13:56 AM »
"Tied at 44." Anything else is redundant.
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« Reply #3 on: January 23, 2008, 01:14:40 PM »
Quote from: Barsuk on January 23, 2008, 10:13:56 AM
"Tied at 44." Anything else is redundant.
correct. If the game is tied the other team also has the same score, so listing both scores is redundant.

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« Reply #4 on: January 23, 2008, 02:59:17 PM »
Probably my biggest pet peeve in this industry is the stupid, retarded line, "tied 44-all"

All? All refers to more than two things. Why the hell say "all" when there are just two teams playing!? Besides, 44-44 takes up less space.

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« Reply #5 on: January 23, 2008, 03:31:26 PM »
Quote from: Jeremy Goodwin on January 23, 2008, 01:14:40 PM
Quote from: Barsuk on January 23, 2008, 10:13:56 AM
"Tied at 44." Anything else is redundant.
correct. If the game is tied the other team also has the same score, so listing both scores is redundant.

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« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2008, 04:03:14 PM »
Tied at 44-44 is extremely annoying, redundant and redundant.
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« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2008, 04:20:37 PM »
Am I the only one here who likes "44-44" better than "tied at 44"?

There is no such score as "44." Two teams, two scores = 44-44. Just my $0.02.
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« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2008, 04:33:29 PM »
I'm good with that, too, so long as there's no redundancy.
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« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2008, 04:51:50 PM »
I can side with both BuckW and Mike311.
Johnny Baller made a short jumper to tie the game at 44 with 30 seconds left in the third quarter.
Johnny Baller made a short jumper to make the game 44-44 with 30 seconds left in the third quarter.
We don't need: Johnny Baller made short jumper to tie the game at 44-44 with 30 seconds left in the third quarter.
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« Reply #10 on: January 23, 2008, 04:59:54 PM »
Quote from: buckweaver on January 23, 2008, 04:20:37 PM
Am I the only one here who likes "44-44" better than "tied at 44"?

There is no such score as "44." Two teams, two scores = 44-44. Just my $0.02.

Nope, not the only one.
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« Reply #11 on: January 23, 2008, 05:10:14 PM »
Quote from: Jeremy Goodwin on January 23, 2008, 04:51:50 PM
Johnny Baller made a short jumper to make the game 44-44 with 30 seconds left in the third quarter.
We don't need: Johnny Baller made short jumper to tie the game at 44-44 with 30 seconds left in the third quarter.

Disagree on that. "Tie the game/score at 44-44" is a) more specific and b) 1-2 characters shorter than "make the game/score 44-44."

"Tie the game at 44-44" is perfectly acceptable. Tying the score is what happened, 44-44 is when it happened. Both are necessary (assuming that level of PBP detail is necessary ...)
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« Reply #12 on: January 23, 2008, 05:12:05 PM »
I agree with Buck.
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