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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
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(chess) rating

Hi.

What's the difference between 'a rating of 2500' and 'the rating 2500' and 'a 2500 rating'?


Thanks in advance
  

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In contexts that I can think of, "a 2500 rating" would be understood to mean the same as "a rating of 2500", but the latter is probably normally a better way of saying it. "the rating 2500" may work in some contexts with the same meaning, but seems generally inferior.

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  • In contexts that I can think of, "a 2500 rating" would be understood to mean the same as "a rating of 2500", but the latter is probably normally a better way of saying it.
  • "the rating 2500" may work in some contexts with the same meaning, but seems generally inferior.
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In contexts that I can think of, "a 2500 rating" would be understood to mean the same as "a rating of 2500", but the latter is probably normally a better way of saying it. "the rating 2500" may work in some contexts with the same meaning, but seems generally inferior.
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