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Re: The English Language

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 9:04 am
by soheil_hooshdaran
Thanks. What's the difference between
The watchword of the King's Indian Defence is activity!
and
The motto of the King's Indian Defence is activity!
?

Re: The English Language

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 12:05 pm
by Barry Sandercock
No real difference.

Re: The English Language

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:23 pm
by soheil_hooshdaran
Barry Sandercock wrote:
Sat Aug 04, 2018 12:05 pm
No real difference.
You mean there is some small differences? could you tell me about them?

Re: The English Language

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:25 pm
by soheil_hooshdaran
What's the difference between
Black is obliged to seek exchanges
Black has to seek exchanges
and
Black should seek exchanges
?

Re: The English Language

Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 2:54 pm
by Barry Sandercock
Ehen I said "no real difference", I didn't mean there were small differences. I meant no difference worth concidering.

Re: The English Language

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 12:56 pm
by soheil_hooshdaran
Leonard Barden wrote:
Sun Jul 22, 2018 8:35 am
Access is not meaningful in this context so is most probably a misspelling of assess.
Nice to get an answewr from a former british champion!

Re: The English Language

Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 2:21 pm
by soheil_hooshdaran
Thanks so far.
What does it mean that
This one is a matter of pure theoretical knowledge?

Re: The English Language

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 6:33 am
by soheil_hooshdaran
What does
my "expansion" on the other side of the board.
mean? What's an expansion?

Re: The English Language

Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 8:27 pm
by soheil_hooshdaran
Does
With this quick queenside pawn expansion, Black is the first to start activity, not allowing White to play on the kingside.
mean
With this quick queenside pawn expansion, Black is the first to start activity and does not allow White to play on the kingside.

?

Re: The English Language

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 8:36 pm
by soheil_hooshdaran
What's the difference between
easy to calculate combination
and
easy combination to calculate

?Thanks in advance

Re: The English Language

Posted: Tue Aug 07, 2018 10:07 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Quite literally, just the word order and NOTHING else.

Re: The English Language

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:35 pm
by soheil_hooshdaran
Hi.
how does
Black could fight back with [...]
differ from
Black could resist with [...]?

Thanks in advance

Re: The English Language

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 3:35 pm
by soheil_hooshdaran
Hi.
how does
Black could fight back with [...]
differ from
Black could resist with [...]?

Thanks in advance

Re: The English Language

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:44 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
No need to repeat yourself now ;)

Re: The English Language

Posted: Wed Aug 08, 2018 4:48 pm
by Christopher Kreuzer
Maybe the thread will get locked after a threefold repetition? 8)