The English Language

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MartinCarpenter
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Re: The English Language

Post by MartinCarpenter » Wed Dec 21, 2016 7:05 pm

Looks like the same person :)

Looking at that forum, that did half occur to me, but you'd much more normally say disembodied or conceivably incorporate. Unincorporated is just a bit odd.

Roger de Coverly
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Re: The English Language

Post by Roger de Coverly » Wed Dec 21, 2016 9:20 pm

MartinCarpenter wrote:Unincorporated is just a bit odd.
It's more usually used in a commercial context to mean a business or organisation that isn't a Company. The BCF was unincorporated, but not ghostly or a whiter shade of pale.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Thu Dec 22, 2016 9:55 am

MartinCarpenter wrote:Looks like the same person :)

Looking at that forum, that did half occur to me, but you'd much more normally say disembodied or conceivably incorporate. Unincorporated is just a bit odd.
Yes, the poster was me.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Mon Jan 02, 2017 8:59 pm

What's the difference between 'The See-Saw Check' and 'The Windmill'?

Barry Sandercock
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Re: The English Language

Post by Barry Sandercock » Tue Jan 03, 2017 11:51 am

Not chess terms I`ve ever heard of, but I would guess repeated checks on the same squares, so not any difference.

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Re: The English Language

Post by Ian Thompson » Tue Jan 03, 2017 12:24 pm

Barry Sandercock wrote:Not chess terms I`ve ever heard of, but I would guess repeated checks on the same squares, so not any difference.
According to Wikipedia, which cites the Oxford Companion to Chess as a reference, they both mean the same thing. It's the tactic, where, for example, Black's King is on h8 and White has a Rook on g7 and Bishop on f6, and alternates captures and checks on g7 to win lots of material with the rook. Wikipedia quotes this game:


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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Tue Jan 03, 2017 1:57 pm

Yes it it the prime example cited in Maizelis' Chess Primier. (unfortunately people stick to this book for beginners in Iran)

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Thu Jan 05, 2017 10:06 am

What does 'not of course mean in:
Not of course that this is an aspect of the matter to which they themselves would publicly call attention.

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Re: The English Language

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Thu Jan 05, 2017 11:08 pm

I suspect there are some commas missing.

"Not, of course, that this is an aspect of the matter to which they themselves would publicly call attention."

In which case, the "of course" is a parenthetical phrase without which the sentence would still make perfect sense.

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Re: The English Language

Post by Jon Tait » Fri Jan 06, 2017 9:32 am

IM Jack Rudd wrote:I suspect there are some commas missing.

"Not, of course, that this is an aspect of the matter to which they themselves would publicly call attention."

In which case, the "of course" is a parenthetical phrase without which the sentence would still make perfect sense.
It is also entirely superfluous and should just be crossed out altogether.
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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Tue Jan 10, 2017 8:53 pm

Thanks

What's the difference between
trainer
instructor
coach
?

MartinCarpenter
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Re: The English Language

Post by MartinCarpenter » Wed Jan 11, 2017 9:31 am

Nothing generic. In a specific field(s) potentially quite a bit, but that'll be basically jargon.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Thu Jan 12, 2017 5:13 am

I am asking about
chess trainers
chess instructors
chess coaches

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Re: The English Language

Post by MartinCarpenter » Thu Jan 12, 2017 9:41 am

Still essentially the same then I'd think, but I wouldn't be surprised to find groups of people with specific shades of meanings for each one.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Tue Jan 17, 2017 4:30 am

How is a 'wife' different from a 'consort'?