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Originally Posted by BigCat
No goal is scored if an untouched throw in goes through THE basket.” The “THE” in these are referring to the basket the ball goes in. It is not used to limit it to the thrower’s basket.
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Sounds like a plausible explanation. Agree. Violation.
Even though "the" is a definite article (whereas "a" is an indefinite article), "the" does lack a certain degree of specificity here that would make me uncomfortable ruling otherwise.
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Last edited by BillyMac; Sat Dec 22, 2018 at 09:35pm.
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