[General] What's your favorite sports?

[Silverobama]

Hi.

The following conversation was between me and someone I met in a gym pool.

Sil: What's your favorite sports/sport?
A: Swimming. I swim all the year around/all seaons.

Is the conversation natural?

 

[Yankee]

[STRIKE][/STRIKE]

Hi.

The following conversation was between me and someone I met in (in the water? otherwise, "at") a gym pool.

Sil: What's your favorite sports/sport? Or, What are (what're) your favorite sports?
A: Swimming. I swim all [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] year around/in all seasons.

Is the conversation natural?

Y

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hi.

The following conversation was between me and someone I met in a gym pool.

Sil: What's your favorite sport?
A: Swimming. I swim year-round.
Is the conversation natural?

It is now. When sport is singular, use is. When it's plural, use are — just like any other noun/verb combination.

If you met A in the water, you were in the pool. If you were not in the water, you were at the pool.

 

[jutfrank]

all year around :cross:
all year round :tick:

I notice that Yankee suggests that the former is correct to an American ear. Is that really the case? :shock:

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

all year around :cross:
all year round :tick:

I notice that Yankee suggests that the former is correct to an American ear. Is that really the case? :shock:

I don't think so, but I don't know where Yankee lives.

 

[Silverobama]

all year around :cross:
all year round :tick:

I notice that Yankee suggests that the former is correct to an American ear. Is that really the case? :shock:

Hi jutfrank. Would you please tell me which one is better and do you perfer?

A: What's your favorite sport?
B: Swim; I swim all year round.

A: What are your favorite sports?
B: Swim; I swim all year round.

Please also help me with your prefer version if there's any mistakes.

Much appreciated!

 

[probus]

all year around :cross:
all year round :tick:

I notice that Yankee suggests that the former is correct to an American ear. Is that really the case? :shock:

As I've noted before, Canada largely adheres to American usage, albeit with British spelling. Nevertheless all year around sounds slightly unnatural to my Canuck ear.

 

[tedmc]

Hi jutfrank. Would you please tell me which one is better and do you perfer?

A: What's your favorite sport?
B: Swim; I swim all year round.

A: What are your favorite sports?
B: Swim; I swim all year round.

Please also help me with your prefer version if there's any mistakes.

Much appreciated!

"Swim" is not a sport. "Swimming" is.

 

[Charlie Bernstein]

Hi jutfrank. Would you please tell me which one is better and which you perfer?

The question is redundant. The better one is certainly the one Jut prefers.

A: What's your favorite sport?
B: Swimming. I swim all year round.

A: What are your favorite sports?
B: Swimming. I swim all year round.

Notice that A asked for more than one sport, but B only named one. So the question is fine, but the answer is incomplete.

Please also help me with your preferred version if there are any mistakes.

Much appreciated!

It's in Jut's court now.

 

[Silverobama]

I wrote down the two conversations separately after reading the corrections of the previous threads.

I think the second dialog is not totally right but still correct. So I don't know which one jutfrank prefers. I want to hear from some BE perspectives because now my friends are more interested in British English.

The question is redundant. The better one is certainly the one Jut prefers.

I should have asked "Which one is okay to write down in my notebook, jutfrank?"

 

[jutfrank]

Which one do I prefer? Obviously the one with the correct word swimming, not the incorrect swim.

Charlie has already answered this but I'll say it again: In dialogue B, the questioner asks for more than one sport but the responder gives only one sport. Doesn't that seem like an unnatural answer to you?