Help with English (again again)
In a game, who loses will be out of the game. What is the active voice verb for that? Eliminate, reject, exclude or...? Thanks
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Eliminated might work - I usually associate that with games with multiple rounds where players or teams are eliminated in each round. Or a game with multiple players where one person may go out but the other players will continue until one is left to win. Is that the situation you have? I wouldn't associate reject or exclude with losing a game.
I'm guessing you're using the phrase in this first context?
I can see using the second but in a different context.
It's just a matter of time before something bad happens. |
I can see using the second but in a different context.
It's just the matter of time [or not enough time] that keeps me from taking more classes this semester. |
Though that second sentence is very colloquial, and doesn't quite 'feel' right (well, at least to me, though people from different countries might disagree).
Maybe that was a bad example. I was thinking of "it's just the matter of..." in a context like this quote. "the matter" being a specific concern.
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304655304579547843245243438
| "They're fronting Joe so they are going to double [team him] on [the] catch," Kidd said. "So for us, it's just the matter of making the plays and not so much relying on Joe to bail us [out]." |
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702304655304579547843245243438
Thanks guys for helping me the last question.
Third question:
Which word to describe how much money a player has (in a game)?
Just 'money' or 'balance', 'fund'?
Third question:
Which word to describe how much money a player has (in a game)?
Just 'money' or 'balance', 'fund'?
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'money', 'balance' or 'funds' (note the s) might all work, depending on the game.
For something more general I would use 'money', but you might use 'balance' or 'funds' if you were making some sort of a simulation game with accounting, like SimCity or something.
For something more general I would use 'money', but you might use 'balance' or 'funds' if you were making some sort of a simulation game with accounting, like SimCity or something.
Thanks. I'm just making a number guessing game from 0 - 99, it works like a lottery game. If the player guessed it right, he or she would received the money bigger than his or her bet. So 'money' or 'balance'?
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