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   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   at this time, PTD wasn't living in the USA?   
      
   Shohei Ohtani hit 32 home runs before the All-Star break in 2023.   
      
      
      
   On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 2:02:13 PM UTC-7, Peter T. Daniels wrote:   
    > On Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 3:32:43 PM UTC-4, tonbei wrote:   
    >   
    > > 1) Ohtani hit the 30th homer of the season.   
    > > 2) Ohtani hit the 30th homer for the season.   
    > > 3) Ohtani hit the 30th homer in the season.   
      
      
   they all sound ok to me.   
      
      
    > That doesn't mske sense in any version,. Do you mean it was the 30th   
    > one he's hit this season, or the 30th one in all of Major League Baseball   
    > (MLB), or the 30th one for his team?   
    >   
    > Whatever you're trying to say, it has to be "of."   
      
      
   oh... Aren't you contradicting yourself?   
      
      
    > > Ohtani hit a homer, adding it to 29 ones he had hit since this   
   season started.   
    > > So, which is right among the three above?   
    > Aha. Ohtani hit his 30th homer of the season.   
    >   
    > (Is this in Japan? It's unlikely that anyone in MLB would have 30   
    > before the All-Star break, given that 60 in a whole season is quite   
    > rare.)   
      
      
   Hello, Mr. PTD!   Which planet (Parallel Universe) are you writing that   
   from?   
      
   if i knew (several years ago) that PTD could be THIS clueless,   
              i'd have spent much less time  trying  to teach him   
                                some basic facts about Chinese writing.   
      
   Shohei Ohtani hit 32 home runs before the All-Star break in 2023.   
      
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