Author: margolies,marc
Date: 22:26:16 08/18/03
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Yes, Tim, you are exactly right about "bested." Still I qualified my terms by "this usage." When Uri says something like, "The other player beated him quicker." I feel I can appropriately substitute, "The other player bested him in faster style," with much more clarity and truth to the intent of the Speaker because in this case the beating refers to a contest and not a physical attack, so the winner has bested the loser. On August 18, 2003 at 17:36:39, Tim Foden wrote: >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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