confusion in Rules of 4 handed snooker?

[Hyperonic]

I'm quite aware that the break DOES count, (up to the stroke before the foul is called) but I was dealing with the nay sayers, who claim that because each and every stroke the player plays out of turn is potentially a foul, than none of them should be counted. The rule quoted is more usually applied and thought of in terms of an individual foul being committed in a particular stroke.

But since they deliberately waited and didn't make a call on the FOUL, the break would count as the following rule shows

(c) If a foul is neither awarded by the referee, nor successfully claimed by the non-striker before the next stroke is made, it is condoned.

[Souwester]

I know... that's why I said "Imagine the uproar if he wasn't allowed to have his break...". My post was there to illustrate the reason why the rule is as it is!