Your Letters
16:23 UK time, Thursday, 4 September 2008
must surely be the greatest feat of engineering of all time.
Paul Bradshaw, Nottingham
Re Today's Paper Monitor. As much as I love Peter Bradshaw's movies reviews (his being a particular favourite), I do hope he doesn't trot out his apparently favourite "... makes ... look like Citizen Kane" comparison. He's used it in at least three films reviews already (Hulk, I Want Candy and Revolver) and he of all people should know how terrible an unoriginal and essentially rehashed sequel can be.
PS, Newcastle, England
Tchah! The headline at the top of the Magazine reads "Daily papers: Just who is this 'Biffo' that you speak of?" - "...of whom you speak", surely?
HB, London
Since it's pedants' season, I should point out to Heather Simmons (Letters, Wednesday): CHMSL is not an acronym, it's only an abbreviation. An acronym is an abbreviation whose letters can be pronounced as a word, like "SPAM" or "SCUBA".
Chris Melville, London, UK
In reply to GDW, Edinburgh (Letters, Wednesday): Either "I shall" or "I will" would be grammatically correct. In the instance of coat-getting, however, "I will" is to be preferred. The speaker is expressing an awareness of the social faux-pas he has committed, and a willingness to defuse the awkwardness with a swift exit. "I will" is therefore the phrase which more precisely nails his feelings.
James, Stockport
GDW, Edinburgh, I believe it is "I will get my coat", though you could also ask the question "Shall I get my coat?".
Sarah, London, UK
It's "I'll".
Alistair, Australia
I think the Independent swizzed its loyal readership out of £2,350 today. 3/4 of page 17 was a copy of the front page article. Or is this just a much more discreet method of increasing the effective price per page without having to change the cover price?
Jo, London
Random Stat: It's been 202 days since we had an update to the random stat.
Stuart, London
I will be in your city in December and would love to write an article about it in my magazine. What would you suggest?
Georgina James, Australia
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