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soheil1Hi.Can 'it's' be used with the meaning 'there exists'?

I sure can't think of any way that could be.

Hi

I'm not sure that this is what you mean, but in English there is an "empty it" which just means something like "it is true that it ... "

- It is raining

- It was lovely to meet you

- It is dangerous to lean out of the window

The "it" here is not really a pronoun - it doesn't stand for one other thing - it is just used to announce "a state of existen

In a chess context, it is written:
"For Black, it's either this move or 4.0-0, [..]"

Hi

I think that means ...

- Either black must make this move or else white will immediately castle on the king side

Dave

Sorry, it was 4...0-0, meaning Black castling

Hi

I respect your strict approach. One of the big problems in European thought is:

- I am thinking, therefore I am

Superficially, it looks as if this should follow - surely the second "I am" echoes the first

But some would say that there are just two distinct uses of the verb "to be" here. One links a pronoun to an adjective, the other does no such thing - it

Hi Soheil

I'm not that good at chess so it's difficult to construct a game where Black might castle at the fourth move. ...

1. e4 / g6
2. d4 / Bg7
3. Bc4 / Nf6
4. Nc3

And then ...

- For Black, it's either d6 or 0-0

Is that right?

Dave

I don't know the meaning of "it's".But I suspect you mean you need the game
But he started from a position