I had a different read on this key play. I thought Berhalter wasn’t objecting to Lalas’s pronunciation, but rather the idea that he had been “given” his chance. But then he was so flustered, he repeated the offending phrase as “having been giving.” Lalas, as a seasoned interviewer who wanted to leave the question of when the fraternal right to coach a national team expires to the courts where it belongs, seized on the opportunity to move the interview along.
I had a different read on this key play. I thought Berhalter wasn’t objecting to Lalas’s pronunciation, but rather the idea that he had been “given” his chance. But then he was so flustered, he repeated the offending phrase as “having been giving.” Lalas, as a seasoned interviewer who wanted to leave the question of when the fraternal right to coach a national team expires to the courts where it belongs, seized on the opportunity to move the interview along.
We've given or gave this too much thought?
It's an especially devastating technique to use with your school friends who claim that grammar expertise is overrated.