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he play a football vs he plays football

The phrase 'he plays football' is correct, while 'he play a football' is incorrect. In English, we use the singular form of the verb 'play' with the third person singular pronoun 'he', which is 'plays'. Also, in this context, the word 'football' does not need to be preceded by the article 'a'.
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Last updated: July 03, 2024

he play a football

This phrase is incorrect. In English, we use the singular form of the verb 'play' with the third person singular pronoun 'he', which is 'plays'. Additionally, we don't use the article 'a' before the word 'football' in this context.

Incorrect. Use 'he plays football' instead.
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he plays football

This phrase is correct. In English, we use the singular form of the verb 'play' with the third person singular pronoun 'he', which is 'plays'.

Correct. Use 'he plays football' to describe someone's activity of playing football.

Examples:

  • He plays football every weekend.
  • She plays football for a local team.
  • John plays football with his friends.
  • The professional athlete plays football at a high level.
  • My brother plays football in his school team.
  • He plays football and basketball and volleyball, and he goes bowling.
  • When does he play football, chess or study music?
  • Then he could play football with me.
  • My boyfriend was preparing to leave, and all of Chatswin was waiting for him to announce which college he would play football and, theoretically, take classes at.
  • Nigel, did you ask Colin if he'd play football?
  • He'll never play football again.
  • He used to play football, he was a quarterback.
  • Sauntered down to back yard, did he want to play football?
  • No, he went to play football!
  • But if he doesn't play football, he'll never get a scholarship.
  • This is Eric. He plays for the football team.
  • He didn't even play football.
  • Why does he care if you play football?
  • What if I told you he used to play pro football?
  • He plays on the varsity football team.
  • He plays linebacker for his football team.
  • He won't let me have a gun, and he'll only play touch football with me, never tackle.
  • It must face up to competitors who sometimes play a different game - while we play football in Europe, they play rugby.
  • No... football... play football?
  • It is estimated that around 20000 young Africans have been brought to Europe to play football but now live in the EU illegally because they did not secure a career as a football player.

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