[blml] 'normal'
Steve Willner
swillner at nhcc.net
Thu Nov 8 01:57:21 CET 2007
> From: "Grattan Endicott" <gesta at tiscali.co.uk>
> My view is that the word 'normal' excludes
> the abnormal, and that anything irrational is abnormal. However, if a
> correspondent as rational as Eric thinks this is unclrear then I do have
> an anxiety.
Let me offer a couple of examples; in each case, declarer claims in a
two-card ending with no statement.
1) Ax opposite Kx. I don't think we want to force the irrational play
of crashing the honors, losing the last trick.
2) Ax alone with exactly one middle card in the suit outstanding. I
don't think we want to force the x to be played (though I suspect some
would disagree with me here).
Does the new language clarify that neither play falls within "normal?"
If not, maybe the expected "guide to interpretation" can do so.
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