The English Language
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Re: The English Language
Seirawan says:
No matter how clearly defined your static advantage is, ...
How does 'clearly defined' differ from 'obvious'?
No matter how clearly defined your static advantage is, ...
How does 'clearly defined' differ from 'obvious'?
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Language is hard
It kind of does mean obvious, but obvious in a very, well, clearly defined way Clearly defined means you can see it and fully understand it quite easily. A really clear cut weak pawn or something.
You can have positions where some player is 'obviously' much better but its really hard to describe precisely why that is so.
It kind of does mean obvious, but obvious in a very, well, clearly defined way Clearly defined means you can see it and fully understand it quite easily. A really clear cut weak pawn or something.
You can have positions where some player is 'obviously' much better but its really hard to describe precisely why that is so.
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"Superior" could imply of a higher rank or status - "Better" implies that it is functionally better. So in the army, a soldier with the rank of Colonel is superior to a Captain - but a particular captain could be the better soldier
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In :
In diagram 70, we see the same ideas as those expressed in yjr previous example, but not quite so pronounced.
what does 'not quite so pronounced' mean?
In diagram 70, we see the same ideas as those expressed in yjr previous example, but not quite so pronounced.
what does 'not quite so pronounced' mean?
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It means "not quite so obvious".
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What does quite so mean?
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'As' more or less, with a few subtle graduations of meaning. I suspect that its an awfully English phrase.
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Martin explains it as Barry used it above, but it has another distinct usage as in:
Speaker 1: Barry has consistently been helpful in answering Soheil's questions
Speaker 2: Quite so!
where "quite so" means "what was said is exactly correct"
Speaker 1: Barry has consistently been helpful in answering Soheil's questions
Speaker 2: Quite so!
where "quite so" means "what was said is exactly correct"
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What does the dots mean in:
I begin with . . . a discussion of the 19th-century Tlingit funeral, [...]?
I begin with . . . a discussion of the 19th-century Tlingit funeral, [...]?
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A dramatic pause. It'd mostly suggest that the thing following them was somehow notably surprising.
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Ellipses (here meaning plural of ellipsis [three dots] rather than plural of ellipse) are used to indicate that something has been missed out.
Ah, but I was so much older then. I'm younger than that now.
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What's cremoial property?
Each house was identified with a matrilineage, which also owned a stock of lands and ceremonial property.
Each house was identified with a matrilineage, which also owned a stock of lands and ceremonial property.
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Ceremonial not cremoial (As per your quoted sentence.).
Something that is used for formal show rather than actual functional use. So a ceremonial sword would be really decorative but (quite possibly) no use for killing people etc.
Something that is used for formal show rather than actual functional use. So a ceremonial sword would be really decorative but (quite possibly) no use for killing people etc.
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What's the difference between 'others' and 'the rest'?
Some projects are shorter than others.
Some of these methods will work. Others will not.
Some projects are shorter than others.
Some of these methods will work. Others will not.