Hi everybody, i'm a french student currently carrying out a research project in New Zealand. I found the expression : "you're a bit of a black horse" in a greetings card which is very funny and i'd like to know what it means exactly before send it to a friend. thanks a lot. Contender = someone who is contending for something. Contestant = someone who is involved in a contest. Competitor = someone who is competing. I guess what you need to examine in terms of contextual differences is whether the definition of each (contest, competition, other) is strictly applicable. Generally, I think of a contender as someone in with a chance of realising an objective. A contestant is closer to a participant; someone taking part in something. A competitor is just someone who ... Three variables, Government Pressure; Competitor Pressure; Management Support; and Perceived benefits were found to be non-significant and thus removed from subsequent analysis. Maybe even all 4 are wrong (minor changes) but I would like to know which combination of commas, semi-colons, and dashes are the best for using in the above sentence ... Source When the United States entered just such a glowing period after the end of the Second World War,it had a market eight times larger than any competitor ,giving its industries unparalleled economies of scale. Hi, everyone Do you think this line illogical? How come the US market is eight...
