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Do you think it's right or not? "Nevertheless, it's more than enough to win ordinary person. " Would it be grammarly right if I want to express general meaning without "the" before "ordinary person"?

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Oh, it's not so bad. "Person" is a singular countable noun, so it needs a determiner – I'd go with the indefinite article. The reason I didn't understand it was that we "win" a competition, we "beat" or "defeat" people. Your expanded sentence, other than a few typos, is pretty good. "… come into fatigue period…" doesn't really sound natural; I'd say "suffer fatigue." The main problem is the the word "it" in the last part of the sentence had no clear antecedent.
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You don't need an article before "ordinary people," but you do need an article before "ordinary person." (either "the ordinary person" or "an ordinary person")
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I made up it myself and I've expanded it:"Like ordinary people, professional athletes will eventually come into fatigue period in spite of thier well-developed muscles, nevertheless, it's more than enough to defeat ordinary people in a marathon." And what do you think of the sentence above? And should I add "the" or not if I want to express the general meaning of ordinary people?
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I'm afraid your sentence (while more or less grammatically acceptable) doesn't make any sense in English. Is it something you've read, or heard, or made up yourself?

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