[Ads-l] Can you snap your own go streak?

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>
> Seen in an email from the NYTimes:
>
> "World No. 1 Iga Świątek snapped her 37-match win streak with a third-round
> loss at Wimbledon on Saturday."
>
> Can you snap your own good streak?
>
> You can snap your bad streak. You can snap someone else's streak. I have
> never seen "snap" used for one's own good streak. (I would use "break" or
> "ended".)

In 1934 “he snapped his streak” was used to refer to a “good” streak
although some questioned whether the streak was truly “good”.

Date: July 11, 1934
Newspaper: El Paso Herald-Post
Newspaper Location: El Paso, Texas
Article: As I Was Saying
Author: Bob Ingram
Quote Page 8, Column 1
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
Lou Gehrig, New York Yankee first baseman, is not listening to advice
of his friends that he would be better off if he snapped his streak of
consecutive games.
Since June 1, 1925, Lou has not missed an American league game played
by the New York Yanks.
[End excerpt]

In 1948 “he snapped his winning streak” appeared.

[End excerpt]
Date: August 04, 1948
Newspaper: The Boston Globe
Newspaper Location: Boston, Massachusetts
Article: Allston Student Wins Globe Grandstand Managers Test
Quote Page 1, Column 6
Database: Newspapers.com

[Begin excerpt]
But here are the correct answers, so you fans can check over your own
score sheets:
1. Bobby Doerr played 30 games and had 182 chances before he snapped
his winning streak.
[End excerpt]

Garson

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