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DO YOU "PRACTICE SPORT"?

10/21/2016

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PLEASE DON'T TELL ME THAT YOU "PRACTICE SPORT"!

Many Spanish people use the phrase: "I like to "practice sport" at the weekend". This is SPANGLISH TOTAL! Instead you need to say: "I like to do sport at the weekend".

If you want to be more specific you need you use "play": "I like to play tennis at the weekend" (there are some exeptions, of course, like swimming and running). The word "practice" is used more in connection with an instrument: "Every day I practice the piano".

Hope that helps!


4 Comments
MarĂ­a
10/25/2016 01:40:04 am

Hi Daniel + partners,

Thank you for the information. My question is: if you are used to practice many sports and you want to say it in general, not specific one, which is the correct form to say it?

Thank you,
Maria

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Daniel link
10/25/2016 02:14:30 am

Hi Maria,

Thanks for your message. You can say: "I like DOING a lot of sport" or "I PLAY lots of sports".

Hope that helps!

Daniel

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Dorota
5/20/2019 01:13:58 pm

It's possible to write:

To get better in sport or playing music, you have to practice/practse a lot.

Thank you!
Dorota

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Cynthia
11/11/2016 04:25:18 am

Hi Daniel!

And what about "Do you exercise"? Is this correct?

Thanks!

Cynthia

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