It's, "sink, sank, sunk", but the middle tense seems to have disappeared? People say, "He sunk that ball," among other incorrect uses. And what about "wove"? Globe and Mail columnist Lawrence Martin actually wrote, ".......weaved into the conversation....." the other day. My dearly-loved friend, grammar, is slowly being eroded and killed. Texting, of course, doesn't help.
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Watching Wimbledon and cringing at the women's matches. Absolutely no winners, just pound it from the baseline until someone hits it out, or into the net. Shameful.
With a few exceptions, the men are no better. They seem to be playing hard-court tennis on grass, resulting in long, long rallies until, again, someone hits it out or into the net.
I am not enjoying Wimbledon this year, but can't turn it off. Shockingly, Sinner bested Alcaraz, but Kyrgios -- the most exciting player on the tour today -- beat the young American. Nick is a virtuoso who put on a clinic today. The only thing I don't like about today's game is the two-fisted backhand, very ugly. It was first used in the 1930's by a couple of players, but came into general use in the sixties, when Chris Everett and Mike Belkin started using it. Everett was also the first who started the baseline pounding game, which ruined the kind of tennis I prefer.
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A word about the sh-tty weather here in Cochrane. Today the "high" will be 13 and it's raining. I made the mistake of looking at the seven-day forecast: Rain all week, every day! And cold. Looks like summer will pass us by this year. Soooooo depressing.
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