Yao Ming: I'm Attempting To Become the Leader of this team

oldyellow · Jan 11, 2008

pryuen said:

Inaccurate? Cultural difference?

Give me a break.

I am an ethnic Chinese born in China, raised in colonial Hong Kong's English education systems, and studied university in Taiwan. I trust that I am well-conversant in both English and Chinese.

Look up the dictionary and you'll know attempt = try.
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That is exactly your mistake. If you are a native-born Chinese instead of "colonial" Chinese, you should know better that "Leading the team" <> "Leader of the team". The former is "relative" concept and the other is "absolute" concept. Any player can "leading" the team when their leader is off game.

oldyellow · Jan 11, 2008

oldyellow said:

That is exactly your mistake. If you are a native-born Chinese instead of "colonial" Chinese, you should know better that "Leading the team" <> "Leader of the team". The former is "relative" concept and the other is "absolute" concept. Any player can "leading" the team when their leader is off game.
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BTW, attempt<>try although it can substitute "try" in some circumstance!

nancychang · Jan 11, 2008

oldyellow said:

That is exactly your mistake. If you are a native-born Chinese instead of "colonial" Chinese, you should know better that "Leading the team" <> "Leader of the team". The former is "relative" concept and the other is "absolute" concept. Any player can "leading" the team when their leader is off game.
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Oh man. Is " try to lead the team" different from "attemp to be the leader of the team?"

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