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Soheil1 Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Would like

Hi.
What's the difference between "would like" and "like"?
as in the following sentence from Play Winning Chess:

White would like nothing better than to penetrate the line through f7 and launch a major offensive against the enemy monarch.
Thanks in advance
  

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Sorry.Someone seems to have answered me but I see nothing
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Would like nothing better than to = wants to have this more than most other things (anticipation)

White likes = White enjoys penetrating the line
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White like nothing better . . . incorrect grammar

White likes nothing better . . . He does it a lot

White would like nothing better . . . Is conditional, hypothetical
ie (If he got the opportunity
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AlpheccaStarsWould like nothing better than to = wants to have this more than most other things (anticipation)White likes = White enjoys penetrating the line
Do you mean 'likes' means he has penetrated the line already?
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Do you mean 'likes' means he has penetrated the line already? He has done it many times in the past and relishes the experience.
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