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[-] zweieuro@lemmy.world 20 points 11 months ago

Non native so maybe it just gets lost, but I don't get it?

Is the error that the possessive 's is missing at 'dogs' ? If so, then its plural... I don't get it ^^'

[-] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 21 points 11 months ago

Yes, they forgot the apostrophe, so the Dad took "Have you seen the dogs bowl?" to mean "Have you seen the dogs go bowling?"

[-] zweieuro@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Oohhh OK, now I get it. I was missing that 'bowl' is short for bowling.

[-] then_three_more@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

You could also read it as a vowel.

(in bowling) to roll a ball along a smooth surface during a game of bowls or bowling

(in Cricket) to throw a ball towards a batsman (= the player who hits the ball) using a vertical circular movement of the arm while running:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/bowl

[-] pipes@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

It's not short for bowling (although it can be expressed like that too), it's the infinitive form of the verb, to bowl. "Have you seen the birds fly?"

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