The English Language
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Re: The English Language
my prolem is
Why didn't he say:
We call d7 a key square of the pawen on e6, or something like that.
I suppose english is an SVO lang.
Why didn't he say:
We call d7 a key square of the pawen on e6, or something like that.
I suppose english is an SVO lang.
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Re: The English Language
Your amendment (We call d7 a key square of the pawn on e6) would be the normal SVO syntax, with ‘a key square of the pawn on e6’ being the object complement.
The original sentence ‘fronts’ the object to draw particular attention to it.
It might have been simpler to write the sentence in the passive: d7 is called a key square of the pawn on e6.
The original sentence ‘fronts’ the object to draw particular attention to it.
It might have been simpler to write the sentence in the passive: d7 is called a key square of the pawn on e6.
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Re: The English Language
What does it mean for White to chop Black's Knight off with Bxf4?
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Why does he say it this way?
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What does it mean that "Black's game slides into gutter.."?
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What does it mean that
the White Bishop is eating up the holes on f6 & g7?
the White Bishop is eating up the holes on f6 & g7?
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What's the difference between basting ope4n a diagonal and exploding it?
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What's the difference between losing the queen to Rg1 and losing the queen with Rg1 ?
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You might be White and lost the queen to a move Rg1 by Black. Alternatively you played Rg1 as White and this lost the queen. Common usage would be that losing .. to is a move played by your opponent, however losing .. with is a move played by yourself.soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Thu Apr 19, 2018 5:04 pmWhat's the difference between losing the queen to Rg1 and losing the queen with Rg1 ?
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What's the difference between
Black eventually went down in defeat
and
Black eventually lost
Black eventually went down in defeat
and
Black eventually lost
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What's the difference between
What was wrong with this move
and
What was the problem of this move
and
What was the problem with this move?
What was wrong with this move
and
What was the problem of this move
and
What was the problem with this move?
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Re: The English Language
Former is just a more flowery way of saying the latter.soheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:46 pmWhat's the difference between
Black eventually went down in defeat
and
Black eventually lost
"Set up your attacks so that when the fire is out, it isn't out!" (H N Pillsbury)
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He says
"One of the most important acquisitions in a game of chess is space."
Does he refer to the buying process of space?
"One of the most important acquisitions in a game of chess is space."
Does he refer to the buying process of space?
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Re: The English Language
The first one suggests the move should not have been played - it is clearly badsoheil_hooshdaran wrote: ↑Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:52 pmWhat's the difference between
What was wrong with this move
and
What was the problem of this move
and
What was the problem with this move?
The second one uses bad grammar: it should be rewritten as the third one.
The third one uses good grammar. The move probably has some good ideas but there is something (the problem) that is likely to stop it working.