XPost: alt.usage.english   
   From: HenHanna@devnull.tb   
      
   On 7/26/2024 12:08 AM, HenHanna wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
      
      
   Shohei Ohtani's 30th home run of the 2023 season was actually hit on   
   June 30, 2023.   
      
            So if PTD had spent  5 or 10 seconds  looking it up, he'd have   
   learned that Ohtani's 30th home run of the 2023 season was on the   
   previous day.   
      
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