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I don't think this is right. See Standard English Acol, System File 2020. And Beginning Bridge Book One

The Weak Twos seem to have arrived with the EBU Foundation level 2017. It doesn't mean that they exclude the Strong Twos, the choice is a matter for partnership agreement. The Convention Card is the place for them. If we abandon the Strong Twos in favour of the Weak Twos then we seriously weaken the structure of the system.

I am not an expert. The trouble with rules like 22 or 22 points for a 2C opening bid is that you will pick up a hand with lengthy distribution in one or two suits. You love it and immediately start to think "Grand Slam". The trouble is that it only has sixteen points, or perhaps a couple more. I recently read a hand with nine solid Clubs and a bit on the outside. The player opened 2C and rebid his suits. When the cavalry was sent for he argued that he hand nine winners etc. I don't recall the ruling. I see this type of hand relatively quite often, perhaps once every five hundred deals (:). I doubt if there is a satisfactory answer to your question. If you have a regular partner try to get an agreement with him/her and defend your position Welcome to the club

It is one of the disadvantages in the American approach. If you want to see lunacy at its best, try a few Bridge 4 Hands. If you get any satisfactory suggestions I should like to hear them

There are millions of errors in GIB 2/1. If you doubt that, try a few hands on Bridge 4

You will get a second hand copy from Amazon and probably ABE Books

The English Bridge Union has a pair of teaching manuals entitled "Beginning Bridge, Book One" and "Continuing Bridge, Book Two". It also has a file entitled "Standard English Acol, Foundation Level System File 2017" and you will find it on the internet. You might try the EBU for help and will be pleased with the result. There is also the "Really Easy" series that you might find useful, too There are not that many books on the subject and the ones that are, are probably dated. Ron Klinger has two entitled "Basic Bridge" and "Guide to Better Acol Bridge". My personal preference is "All About Acol" by Ben Cohen and Rhoda Lederer. It was written at the time when the variable notrump was popular and it suffers from the problem that while the variable element is still alive in some quarters it is possibly out of fashion in a world where 1NT 12-14 hcp openings are the norm. Nevertheless I have found that the principles expounded in it are alive and well still. It needs to be read carefully as so much stuff will slip by if you are not paying attention. A considerable advantage is that to-day when we open at the one-level in any of the four suits four cards are a guaranteed minimum holding. Mind you, some of the bids are tricky. With "Precision Bidding in Acol" you need to be on song with your partner, not everyone likes the style or understands it. "Acol in Competition" on the other hand, is an idea source of information for any partnership. If you need further information "Acol Index" by the same Crowhurst is a useful guide when wondering what particular bids mean or should mean. It is true that there is much need for an up-to-date version of AAA but where to start is possibly the problem. There doesn't seem to be a standard system