English Chess Forum

Thanks very much.

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.

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.

I need some example hospital invoices in English from British/American/Canadian hospitals. please send me some:
[email protected]

How are medications different from drugs?

"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.

Thanks

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

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.

Who to ask?

"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.

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

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.

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."

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