7 hours ago
(05-08-2025, 01:15 PM)BengalYankee Wrote:
Do you understand the expression "they always seem to put together" works?
Read slowly "they always ..."
They were 9-8 only once in 2022.
They were 9-7 in 2009.
Now go back to school.
Hoping they go 1-16 this year.
So … in your mind “they always” trumps “at least”? Have you tried interpreting the two phrases in conjunction with each other (which he obviously intended)?
Let me break it down for you:
“They always” - you have already demonstrated you know what that means. Congrats!
“Put together at least 9-8 or 9-7” - this means that they achieve the stated record or better. And, just in case you need extra help understanding the “or better” part, it means that 10-7 counts as an example of “at least 9-8”. So does 12-4, 11-5, and 13-3, all of which they’ve achieved in the last 20 years.
Sooo … when you put the two phrases together, “always putting together at least” means achieving what comes after that, plus any record better than that. And seeing as how they’ve gone 9-8 (or 9-7) or better in 10 of the last 11 (and 16 of the last 20) seasons, with each of the exceptions just barely missing the mark at 8-8, I’d say that “they always put together at least 9-8 or 9-7” is a fair (if not perfect) way of expressing the idea he was trying to get across.
See you in school.
