[blml] Fwd: Decimal HCP ranges.

[Wayne Burrows]

On Mon, 2 Jul 2007 19:48 +0100 (BST), Tim West-Meads <twm at cix.co.uk> wrote:
> Sven wrote:
>
> > Why not use what I believe has become the "standard" way of noting
> > possible up- or down-grading?
> >
> > 1NT: (14)15 - 17(18)
>
> Firstly because it isn't standard here (there is no EBU standard).
> Secondly because I believe that (14)15 - suggests that upgrades aren't
> particularly common while 14.5-17(18) indicates that many 14 counts are
> upgraded and few 18 counts downgraded.
>

But this seems to say nothing about any 15 counts that might be downgraded.

And without a standard it is far from obvious how many 14 counts are
upgraded when you write 14.5.

Wayne