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    Dear teachers

    Do these sentences read well?

    They are getting ready to stack up his skills with their oponents.
    They are preparing themselves to stack up their abilities against others.
    They are going to
    stack up their knowledge to their competitors.


    Many thanks

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    Default Re: to stack up

    No, they do not read well.

    I don't understand the meaning of any of them.

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    Default Re: to stack up

    Quote Originally Posted by Offroad View Post
    Dear teachers

    Do these sentences read well?

    They are getting ready to stack up his skills with their oponents. OK but I would use "against"
    They are preparing themselves to stack up their abilities against others. OK
    They are going to stack up their knowledge to their competitors. "against"

    Many thanks
    And I would use "match" in place of "stack up".
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    Default Re: to stack up

    How about these?

    They are getting ready to stack up his skills against those of their oponents.
    They are getting ready to stack up his skills against their oponents's.

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    Default Re: to stack up

    Quote Originally Posted by Offroad View Post
    How about these?

    They are getting ready to stack up his skills against those of their oponents.
    They are getting ready to stack up his skills against their oponents's.
    OK but no apostrophe.
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