Worn The Cloak Of

Dear friends and Teachers,

A. David Beckham has worn the cloak of English football team 6 times at Wordcups.

- Is this sentence grammatical?

Thanks a million!

NamSteven

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Originally Posted by namsteven

Dear friends and Teachers,

A. David Beckham has worn the cloak of English football team 6 times at Wordcups.

- Is this sentence grammatical?

Thanks a million!

NamSteven

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Technically yes, but semantically no.

David Beckham has worn the cap of the English football teams six times in World Cups.

Yes, he's been capped for England in several World Cups - probably more than 20 times (several times in each competition - and it depends what you mean by 'the World Cup') and six times he's 'worn the captain's arm-band' too. Anyone who plays for the country wins a cap - even a late substitute [=a 'reserve' player who comes on at the end to replace a tired or injured player]. Beckham has won 100 caps (or maybe one more - not sure). If you're the captain you 'wear the arm-band'. (Sometimes, to mark someone's death, everyone in the team wears an arm-band, but the arm-band always marks the captain).

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