4 ms·
Win vs Beat A lot of people fall into this trap. When someone beats me at a game, they most likely say "I've won you." as oppose to "I've beaten you." The for
by sphericalgames 12y ago
Win vs Beat
A lot of people fall into this trap.
When someone beats me at a game, they most likely say "I've won you." as oppose to "I've beaten you." The former implies I'm the prize.
I've fallen into this trap myself plenty of times and do wonder if messages like "You win ...." enforces this mistake.
- maaarghk 12y agoNot only do I fail to see the relevance to this link, but I've never heard anyone say "I've won you" in my life, and I doubt I ever will, because that is a stupid thing to say.
- erikb 12y agoI just suppose English is not his native language. There might be languages where someone says "I've won you"
- codyb 12y agoLike when they auction off dates with fire fighters.
- lotharbot 12y agomy fourth grade students said it all last year. (Most of them were not native English speakers.)