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Subject: Re: A quick tip on English grammar (OT)

Author: Matthew Hull

Date: 09:20:33 08/18/03

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On August 18, 2003 at 11:50:21, Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz wrote:

>On August 18, 2003 at 10:45:57, Matthew Hull wrote:
>
>>[snip]
>>
>>>I remember that one beginner said that another player is stronger than me and
>>>the reason that he gave for that opinion is that the second player beated him
>>>more convincingly.
>>
>>
>>
>>The past tense of "beat" is "beat".  There is no such word "beated".  Not to
>>pick on you, but I see this non-word used often in the forum.
>>
>
>
>There is no such word "grammer" neither, and a mispelling is an orthographic
>mistake, not a grammatical one.

Sorry, my mistakes.

>But it's nice to see anyone who cares about correctness anyway, because a lot of
>people make lots of mistakes in English all the time (including myself). I
>appreciate when someone corrects my mistakes, esp. when I make the same very
>often.
>Regards,
>
> Jaime
>
>
>
>
>>:)
>>Best regards,
>>MH
>>
>>
>>>
>>>I can only guess that when I played my normal game, the second player tried
>>>something like e4 Bc4 Qh5 Qxf7#
>>>
>>>Uri



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