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Mon 17 Jan, 2022 07:18 pm
The 34-year-old defending champion and first seed had been scheduled to play in the evening of the first day. If he had retained the title he would become the first men's tennis player in history to win 21 Grand Slams.
1. Should it be "first male tennis player" or "first man's tennis player" instead
2. Is "to win 31 Grand Slams" correct?
Thanks.
@tanguatlay,
tanguatlay wrote:
The 34-year-old defending champion and first seed had been scheduled to play in the evening of the first day. If he had retained the title he would become the first men's tennis player in history to win 21 Grand Slams.
1. Should it be "first male tennis player" or "first man's tennis player" instead
2. Is "to win 31 Grand Slams" correct?
Thanks.
Hmm, good question, taguatlay. I would use either first male tennis player or first men's tennis player, but "man's" is completely incorrect.
And yes, 2. is correct.
@tanguatlay,
"Men's tennis player" is fine. The game is often call denoted that way – men's tennis and women's tennis.
I think "to win
thirty-one Grand Slams" would be preferable (according to the Chicago Manual of Style) although both are correct. I'm not sure what the convention is in British English.
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