[blml] concession

[Sven Pran]

> On Behalf Of Tim West-Meads
................
> "I get two tricks and you get the last three" is not a case of a
> concession THEREBY claiming.  It is explicitly both a claim AND a
> concession.
> 
> "OK, I get my two hearts" is an explicit claim and, if more than two
> tricks remain, it is a "claim THEREBY conceding the remainder.
> 
> Will Sven, Ton, and Grattan please read:
> 
> Main Entry: there.by
> Pronunciation: \ther-'bi, 'ther-?\
> Function: adverb
> Date: before 12th century
> 1 : by that : by that means <thereby lost her chance to win>
> 
> (Merriam Webster)
> The structure of the sentence does not support the alternative meaning.

And why not my Webster's alternative 
2: Connected with that

or as pointed out by David Burns (from Oxford):

[3] Besides, together with, or in addition to that

Is it your firm conviction that the same reality shall be ruled upon by
widely incompatible rules just because of randomly different words used?

Example with five tricks left to play:

1: OK, you get three (also a claim of two as defined in Law 68A)

2: I get two (also a concession of three as defined in Law 68B1)

3: You get three and I get two

4: I get two and you get three

Sven