• Exciting news! With our new Ad-Free Premium Subscription you can enjoy a distraction-free browsing experience while supporting our site's growth. Without ads, you have less distractions and enjoy faster page load times. Upgrade is optional. Find out more here, and enjoy ad-free learning with us!

Is "space" suitable here?

Status
Not open for further replies.

Nightmare85

Senior Member
Joined
Jul 17, 2009
Member Type
Interested in Language
Native Language
German
Home Country
Germany
Current Location
Germany
Hello guys,
I don't know if space is the best choice here.
Let me tell you these 2 examples.

1. Soccer:
You are in the mid-field and want to give the ball to your team-mates who are strikers (there are 2 strikers).
The one is being covered by opponents but the other one is completely free.
So you will give the ball to the free striker, because he has more space.

2. A level in a game:
You create two versions of a level.
In version 1 there are strict limits/borders, so that players cannot really leave the level.
In version 2 you remove these limits/borders, and players have more possibilities.
For example they can reach mountains, trees etc. - things that are outside the actual level.
This means level 2 gives players more space.

I know that "possibilities" can be okay too, but I'm looking for another word, and I think "space" could be the right one.
There are also other words like "freedom", but I'm not sure if they are okay here...

Cheers!
 

Allen165

Key Member
Joined
Aug 8, 2009
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
English
Home Country
Canada
Current Location
Switzerland
Hello guys,
I don't know if space is the best choice here.
Let me tell [give] you these 2 examples.

1. Soccer:
You are in the midfield and want to give the ball to your teammates who are strikers (there are 2 strikers).
The one [One of them = Der Eine] is being covered by opponents but the other [STRIKE]one[/STRIKE] is completely free [open = frei].
So you will give the ball to the free [open] striker, because he has more space [I would write: "he has more room/space to operate."].

2. A level in a game:
You create two versions of a level.
In version 1 there are strict limits/borders, so that players cannot really leave the level.
In version 2 you remove these limits/borders, and players have more possibilities.
For example, they can reach mountains, trees, etc. - things that are outside the actual level.
This means level 2 gives players more space [I would use "room," but I think "space" is ok.].

I know that "possibilities" can be okay too, but I'm looking for another word, and I think "space" could be the right one.
There are also other words like "freedom", but I'm not sure if they are okay here...

Cheers!

NOT A TEACHER.
 

crazYgeeK

Member
Joined
Jun 9, 2010
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Vietnamese
Home Country
Vietnam
Current Location
Vietnam
Thank Jasmin165 for giving me a very interesting example of "short answer" but "high effectively"
Thanks
 

crazYgeeK

Member
Joined
Jun 9, 2010
Member Type
Student or Learner
Native Language
Vietnamese
Home Country
Vietnam
Current Location
Vietnam
Hello guys,
I don't know if space is the best choice here.
Let me tell you these 2 examples.

1. Soccer:
You are in the mid-field and want to give the ball to your team-mates who are strikers (there are 2 strikers).
The one is being covered by opponents but the other one is completely free.
So you will give the ball to the free striker, because he has a larger space.

2. A level in a game:
You create two versions of a level.
In version 1 there are strict limits/borders, so that players cannot really leave the level.
In version 2 you remove these limits/borders, and players have more possibilities.
For example they can reach mountains, trees etc. - things that are outside the actual level.
This means level 2 gives players more spaceS.

I know that "possibilities" can be okay too, but I'm looking for another word, and I think "space" could be the right one.
There are also other words like "freedom", but I'm not sure if they are okay here...

Cheers!

That's only my own thought.
Not a teacher at all, only an English learner at medium level
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top