The English Language

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sat Sep 25, 2021 7:46 pm

Thanks very much.

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Re: The English Language

Post by David Sedgwick » Sat Sep 25, 2021 8:46 pm

Kevin Thurlow wrote:
Sat Sep 25, 2021 2:51 pm
I used to chair ISO meetings, which were held in English, and I always said early in the meeting that delegates should remember not everyone has English as a first language, so "please speak slowly and clearly, and use normal English."
I wish that some critics would remember that the Laws of Chess are intended to be intelligible to people for whom English is not their first language.

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Re: The English Language

Post by Roger Lancaster » Mon Sep 27, 2021 2:46 pm

Some of them, David, appear to be barely intelligible to those for whom English is their first language. However, that's a common issue with most sets of laws.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Thu Dec 23, 2021 12:20 pm

I need some example hospital invoices in English from British/American/Canadian hospitals. please send me some:
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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Fri Dec 24, 2021 4:05 pm

How are medications different from drugs?

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Re: The English Language

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Sat Dec 25, 2021 12:48 am

"How are medications different from drugs?"

They are not really. "Drugs" is a colloquial (or "slang") term for medications, which may include "recreational" use.

"Medications" is the more formal term for therapeutic use.

"Drugs" implies heroin, cocaine, cannabis etc., taken for "fun", but it is equally valid to use "drugs" to mean any prescription medicine.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Sun Dec 26, 2021 3:42 am

Thanks

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:10 pm

Would "medical equipment and supplies" be inclusive of "Operating room disposables" if written on a hospital invoice?

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Re: The English Language

Post by IM Jack Rudd » Wed Dec 29, 2021 5:30 pm

The details of hospital invoices are outside the realm of experience of most English people, so you probably won't get much useful information here.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Wed Dec 29, 2021 6:41 pm

Who to ask?

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Re: The English Language

Post by Kevin Thurlow » Wed Dec 29, 2021 8:36 pm

"Would "medical equipment and supplies" be inclusive of "Operating room disposables" if written on a hospital invoice?"

Jack is right, but some needles, masks, bandages, swabs, stitching, vials, would be disposable. Also, if you have a finger or leg (for example) "pinned" to repair a fracture, they do not retrieve the pin.

Email a hospital for a full list.

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:13 am

Thanks.
What do you understand/What does come to your mind, upon seeing this posthttps://www.instagram.com/p/CZwzyeZMZAD ... _copy_link? Especially the colors

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Re: The English Language

Post by NickFaulks » Thu Feb 10, 2022 8:33 am

soheil_hooshdaran wrote:
Thu Feb 10, 2022 7:13 am
What do you understand/What does come to your mind, upon seeing this post
What comes to my mind is that a bunch of consultants were paid amounts of money that most people in the world cannot even dream of to produce this garbage.
If you want a picture of the future, imagine a QR code stamped on a human face — forever.

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Re: The English Language

Post by David Sedgwick » Thu Feb 10, 2022 9:28 am

My reaction is not as negative as Nick's, but I don't like this kind of presentation. I would prefer simply to have a list, as in the comments.

I can't find any significance in the colors / colours.

(NB "Colors" is American English; "Colours" is English English. I have to write Grand Chess Tour documents in American English and I am always getting "color(s)" wrong."

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Re: The English Language

Post by soheil_hooshdaran » Thu Feb 10, 2022 11:34 am

yeah, and word-processors seem to spell-check based on AmE spellinng of -o- instead of BrE -ou-

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