[blml] law 65A/Wayne Burrows/English language

[David Burn]

[Raija]

Nothing in the laws AFAIK prevents a slow observer from inspecting the
current trick, provided his own card was not turned over yet. Perhaps the
law could have said "After all four players have played a card" instead of
"When all four..." but to me both have the same meaning except that "after"
is clearer.  No time frame has been specified using either word, IMO.

Interesting to see what native English speakers think.

[DALB]

This native English speaker thinks that in a piece of prose that prescribes
what people should do, the word "when" has the force of "as soon as" ("when
the fire alarm sounds, leave the building"). 

But this bridge player notes an alarming discrepancy: on the one hand,
people here want a player to have played a card as soon as it is
"momentarily stationary"; on the other, they want it left on the table for
people to be able to take studio photographs of it before considering it
played.

David Burn
London, England