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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Have a tendency(chess)

Hi
What's the different between:

as advanced knights have a tendency to be
and
as is usual/common with advanced pawns
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soheil1 HiWhat's the different between: as advanced knights have a tendency to beand as is usual/common with advanced pawns? No difference, really. The writer just used other words for variety's sake.

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  • soheil1 HiWhat's the different between: as advanced knights have a tendency to beand as is usual/common with advanced pawns?
  • No difference, really.
  • The writer just used other words for variety's sake.
  • I guess you could say that a tendency to be a certain way is less likely than when it is usual or common to be it, but I suspect that he employed litotes and actually meant that advanced knights pretty much always throw a money wrench in the opponent's plans or whatever they are supposed to be doing.
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soheil1HiWhat's the different between: as advanced knights have a tendency to beand as is usual/common with advanced pawns?
No difference, really. The writer just used other words for variety's sake. I guess you could say that a tendency to be a certain way is less likely than when it is usual or common to be it, but I suspect that he employed litotes and actu
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Means most of them are?
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soheil1Means most of them are?
Something like that. It's like saying lions can get grouchy when you try to take a piece of meat away from them, or that volcanoes have a tendency to make life difficult in their vicinity from time to time. Litotes. Understatement.
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What's the difference between 'Have a tendency to be' and 'usually is'are'?
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"Have a tendency" is a little sarcastic, for want of a better word. "Usually is/are" is straightforward.
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