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Soheil1 Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary

(chess)about

Hi

(after a game)Seirawan writes:"This brief demonstration shows the importance of bringing out your pieces and pawns quickly.They help you fight for the territory yo need to move about freely."


May I omit 'about'?


Thanks in advance!
  

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Hi, No. If you 'move' the territory, it sounds like you pick up the chess board and move it to eg another room. If you 'move about' the territory, you move your chessmen around in that area of the board.

— Clive

  • Hi, No.
  • If you 'move' the territory, it sounds like you pick up the chess board and move it to eg another room.
  • If you 'move about' the territory, you move your chessmen around in that area of the board.
  • It's the same thing when you consider real territory and real people.
  • If you move the territory , it sounds like you get a bulldozer and move the land.
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Hi,

No.

If you 'move' the territory, it sounds like you pick up the chess board and move it to eg another room.

If you 'move about' the territory, you move your chessmen around in that area of the board.

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If you omit "about", the sentence would read: "They help you fight for the territory you need to move freely."
Wouldn't this change the meaning of the sentence?
The new sentence makes the reader think that you need to move the territory freely, rather than the pieces freely. Move about is an idiom.
Here's the link:
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Ok, may I replace 'about' with 'in'?
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Or,does 'mevo about' here just mean 'move'?
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Hi,

'Move about' suggest several moves , from one place to another to another, etc.

Clive
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