Is it "win over" or "win against"?

Consecutive!

Another area where AP is a f**kstick.

 

i wanna hear the reasoning on that. do tell, please.

 

I let win over or win against go, neither bothers me.

What I don't like is a "14-7 defeat to/against" ... that should be 14-7 loss to ...

 

Oh, come on. Seriously? This is where the inability to put yourself in the place of the reader becomes a problem. Who the hell wants to read "consecutively" in a newspaper story?

If it's not confusing ("He threw three straight curveballs"), straight is the better choice. Everyone understands what it means. It's the simpler, better word.

 

No one understands what consecutive means?

Are you serious?

I think I learned the word in fourth grade.

 

I'm not saying people don't understand consecutive. I'm saying everyone understands straight, which I assume we all learned in the third grade. There's no reason not to use it for fear people won't know what we're talking about..

 

i asked for you to tell the argument, not lecture, but thanks.

 

And I missed your post. My apologies.

While "continuous or unbroken" is an acceptable definition for straight, per www.dictionary.com, I've always been taught that it's consecutive, not straight.

So I've always changed it.

 

Always have changed it to "win against" .... [Thanks to an SE who was a total hardass about it]

 

Knew there was something I liked about you.

 

Neither. Win is a verb not a noun.

 

–noun
15. a victory, as in a game or horse race.

dictionary.com