The English Language
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Re: The English Language
Means ...because it is...?
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What's the difference between
...the plans that are typically followed...
and
...the plans that are usually followed...?
...the plans that are typically followed...
and
...the plans that are usually followed...?
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Re: The English Language
Why does he repeatedly say
enemy pieces
not
oppenent pieces?
enemy pieces
not
oppenent pieces?
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Re: The English Language
Just that "enemy" sounds a bit more colourful and fits in with chess being a "game of war".
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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"ponderous" is an insult?
Like ponderous Rok
In fact, they are actually rather ponderous creatures
Like ponderous Rok
In fact, they are actually rather ponderous creatures
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Re: The English Language
Slow, slothful etc.
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What's the difference between
blocking unit
and
blockading unit?
What does it mean that the oawn on e6 blocks f4-f5 and d4-d5?(There is Black pawns on c6 and g6 too)
blocking unit
and
blockading unit?
What does it mean that the oawn on e6 blocks f4-f5 and d4-d5?(There is Black pawns on c6 and g6 too)
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Re: The English Language
Nothing much, although conceivably a blockading piece is implied as being physically in the way more than a 'mere' blocking one would be.
With the e6 pawn, he just means that it is preventing white from playing those moves without adverse consequences.
With the e6 pawn, he just means that it is preventing white from playing those moves without adverse consequences.
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So why do you not call "preventive measures", "blocking measures"
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You can more or less. Like I've said a few times we like to have many more than one phrase to call everything!
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What's the diffe4rence betweern fixing, immobilizing, and blocking opponent pawns?
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No real difference.
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What about the imaginary (unreal) part?
N.B: Every complex number has a real part and an imaginary (unreal) part.
N.B: Every complex number has a real part and an imaginary (unreal) part.
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What Barry wrote is correct.
The language used only seems complex - fixing, immobilizing and blocking have no imaginary part in this case and really do have the same meaning.
The language used only seems complex - fixing, immobilizing and blocking have no imaginary part in this case and really do have the same meaning.