I HAVE thoroughly enjoyed the recent offerings from your many readers regarding grammar and word misuse, but when our lives are so heavily influenced by US television, I feel, sadly, that they are destined to fail with any effort to change attitudes. But wouldn't it be wonderful if they could?
Regrettably, the BBC is a big contributor to poor grammar and there was another example at lunchtime (September 19) when the newsreader stated that "the debris being removed from space will benefit space travel of the future", as if it could somehow miraculously impact space travel of the past. Perhaps, they have cracked the science that will allow time travel?
Francis Deigman
12, Broomlands Way,
Erskine.
IF I may be allowed another bite at the clichè cherry, how about these infuriators?
"Your call is important to us" – not important enough to have someone to answer it; and "we are experiencing an unexpectedly high volume of calls" – if it's unexpected, how did you know to pre-record this message?
Brian Chrystal,
55 Craiglockhart Road, Edinburgh.
A NEWS item headed “Small is better in evolution” (The Herald, September 19) started “Sometimes the best things come in small packages”. The Scots saying “Guid gear comes in sma bulk” both expresses and exemplifies this opinion.
Hugh Boyd,
65 Antonine Road, Bearsden.
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