Your team is 3-0 down...
Can someone tell me how to read "3-0" in the sentence: "Your team is 3-0 down and there are only 2 minutes to go" ? Do I need a preposition between 3 and 0? How to pronounce 0 - "zero"? "oh" ?

Thanks in advance

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Your team is 3-0 down...
Can someone tell me how to read "3-0" in the sentence: "Your team is 3-0 down and there are only 2 minutes to go" ? Do I need a preposition between 3 and 0? How to pronounce 0 - "zero"? "oh" ?

Thanks in advance

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Sports scores use "nil" for zero.

Your team is three-nil down.

For "0-0" you read it as "nil all".

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In the UK we would say "three nil" without the preposition.

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three - nil

You don't need a preposition.

Your team is three nil down.
nil = 0

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This is a British expression. The correct way to read it is as follows:

"Your team is three nil down".

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I think you mean, "your team is down 3-0 (three to zero or zip) and there are only two minutes to go."  Americans will typically use the preposition "to" in such a sentence.  For example: "Wow, you're team is losing 14 to 28?! They must be no good."

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