The English Language
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Complex numbers is maths, not chess or English
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Or because the words come from different origins. Google suggests "prevent" is originally a Latin word, and "block" is Dutch.MartinCarpenter wrote: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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Math is just a way to describe world phenomenaMartinCarpenter wrote:Complex numbers is maths, not chess or English
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What's the difference between stopping the f-pawn and stopping it in its tracks?
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To "stop (something) in its tracks" means to bring (something) in motion to a sudden halt.
In the case of the f-pawn simply "stopping" it does not imply if it has been moving, or not.
"Stopping it in its tracks" specifies that it is, or has been, moving but that its motion has been halted.
In the case of the f-pawn simply "stopping" it does not imply if it has been moving, or not.
"Stopping it in its tracks" specifies that it is, or has been, moving but that its motion has been halted.
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What does "evolution/revolution" translate to? (In the work of GM Aagaard)?
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In this context, I'd say evolution was gradual change within an existing framework of thought, and revolution a fundamental change in what those frameworks are.
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Why did he say
Now I can chop off White's pawn if ....?
Now I can chop off White's pawn if ....?
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In chess parlance "chopping wood" means capturing material - the chessmen used to be made of wood in the old days hence that expression.
It has been mentiioned here before -
http://www.ecforum.org.uk/search.php?ke ... sf=msgonly
Perhaps we should start using the expression "collecting plastic" these days, too.
It has been mentiioned here before -
http://www.ecforum.org.uk/search.php?ke ... sf=msgonly
Perhaps we should start using the expression "collecting plastic" these days, too.
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So no implication?
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What does it mean that ...Ng7 stops f5 'once and for all'?
Black stopped f4-f5 once with his ..g6 before....
Black stopped f4-f5 once with his ..g6 before....
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in fact it's "the final solution", although you're not allowed to say that.IM Jack Rudd wrote:"Once and for all" = permanently.
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Why?NickFaulks wrote:in fact it's "the final solution", although you're not allowed to say that.IM Jack Rudd wrote:"Once and for all" = permanently.
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It's an English thing, there's no logic, you just have to learn the rules.
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