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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
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Hi.
"..[The pawns] are inveriably undefended by other pawns..................."
I know what 'by' means in 'defended by':agent is............
What about undefended by?

Thanks in advance
  

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soheil1 What about un defended by? It means ' not defended by'.

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  • soheil1 What about un defended by?
  • It means ' not defended by'.
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soheil1What about undefended by?
It means 'not defended by'.
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soheil1[The pawns] are inveriably undefended by other pawns
That doesn't make sense to me.

1) "to undefend" does not seem to exist as a verb, so you cannot say A piece is undefended by another.
You can use undefended as an adjective, though. The piece was undefended.

2) Replacing undefended by with
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soheil1[The pawns] are invariably undefended by other pawns
'undefended' is an adjective, not a verb.

[The pawns] are always (left) in a position where other pawns do not (or cannot) defend them.

Similarly,

The thieves escaped unseen by the police.
Fortunately, his health was unaffect
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OK. Sorry about that.

I know how you can say, for example
- The fort was left undefended by the colonial militia.

I didn't know you could also say
- The fort was undefended by the colonial militia.

My apologies.

H.
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Henry74I didn't know you could also say- The fort was undefended by the colonial militia.
Ah! Well, now you do! (Frequently, though, the inclusion of "left" does sound better.)
Henry74My apologies.
Apologies are not necessary.
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