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

Author: margolies,marc

Date: 14:19:16 08/18/03

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The most commom past forms of "to beat" in this usage are "bested" and "had
beaten."

On August 18, 2003 at 12:20:33, Matthew Hull wrote:

>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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