Author: Tim Foden
Date: 14:36:39 08/18/03
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On August 18, 2003 at 17:19:16, margolies,marc wrote: >The most commom past forms of "to beat" in this usage are "bested" and "had >beaten." I think you'll find that "bested" is from the verb "to best" not from the verb "to beat". :) Cheers, Tim. > >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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