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After some very heated parent-teacher conferences you would really take a load off my shoulders if you could confirm or refute
the rumor that
swimming team is BE. only
whereas swim team is strictly AE.
Dear B.,
Using "swim team" seems to be correct (I'm AmE), as would "tennis team"."Debate team", "swim team" are "contractions" for debating, swimming, etc. (although we don't shorten "wrestling team"...go figure!).
Thats my 2 cents............
B.
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After some very heated parent-teacher conferences you would really take a load off my shoulders if you could confirm or refute
the rumor that
swimming team is BE. only
whereas swim team is strictly AE.
thank you very much for your patience.
Hi,
"Swimming team" is British English, "Swim Team" is not, whether it is American English or not I don't know.
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I've only ever heard "British Swimming Team".
Google gives 2,200 hits for it, and only 170 for 'British Swim Team' - and those seem to be by journalists (copying the US?).
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