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What is a "losing game"? Is it an idiom?



 
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What is a "losing game"? Is it an idiom? #1 (permalink) Tue Nov 16, 2004 10:28 am   What is a "losing game"? Is it an idiom?
 

Test No. incompl/inter-61 "Losing It (1)", question 10

Putting all your money in that enterprise is futile it's like playing a losing ..........

(a) part
(b) role
(c) section
(d) game

Test No. incompl/inter-61 "Losing It (1)", answer 10

Putting all your money in that enterprise is futile it's like playing a losing game.

Correct answer: (d) game

Your answer was: n/a
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Losing game #2 (permalink) Tue Nov 16, 2004 12:36 pm   Losing game
 

This means a situation where you cannot win.
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Losing game? #3 (permalink) Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:45 am   Losing game?
 

I have a question about the punctation in this sentence. Shouldn't be 'and', a comma or a semicolon between 'futile' and 'it's' ? Or is it correct? I got confused.

Putting all your money in that enterprise is futile it's like playing a losing game.

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Losing game? #4 (permalink) Thu Oct 13, 2005 11:45 am   Losing game?
 

I have a question about the punctation in this sentence. Shouldn't be 'and', a comma or a semicolon between 'futile' and 'it's' ? Or is it correct? I got confused.

Putting all your money in that enterprise is futile it's like playing a losing game.

Regards :)
Katarzyna
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Joined: 09 Oct 2005
Posts: 48
Location: Warsaw, Poland

What is a "losing game"? Is it an idiom? #5 (permalink) Wed Dec 29, 2010 17:29 pm   What is a "losing game"? Is it an idiom?
 

Hello, You are right, I think that I 'd put a semi-colon.
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