Your Letters
15:15 UK time, Wednesday, 3 September 2008
I wonder if we could have more items in the Magazine , and then you print them, and underneath you put "NOTE:" and patiently explain why they're wrong. The one today was fun.
Paul T, Manchester
Re: number seven in the "", surely 'John Self' is one of the more ironic cases of nominative determinism when talking about being obsessed with reflexive use.
Daniel Morgan, Kent, UK
Many thanks for the pedants' guide to grammar. One point of clarification, please. Is it "I shall get my coat" or "I will get my coat"?
GDW, Edinburgh, UK
A few months ago a letting agency on my street put up a sign saying "The Credit Crunch means less houses being sold, more being let." As this is Oxford, it was corrected overnight with a marker pen to read "Fewer". Shortly afterwards the sign disappeared and was replaced (presumably at great expense) by one with the grammar corrected. Chalk up a victory for the pedants?
Alex, Oxford
Re: "", I love the Olympics. Where do I send my £33.35 to?
Sue, Stoke
First our antipodean cousins are sexist and now no ? Strewth! Is there some sort of anti-Oz conspiracy going on? I think we should be told.
Helen, Istanbul, Turkey
The correct spelling is CHMSL (10 Things We Didn't Know Last Week, #2) which stands for Center High-Mounted Stop Light. This acronym has no vowels, like its close cousin PRNDL (Park-Rear-Neutral-Drive-Low).
Heather Simmons, Macomb, Michigan USA
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