Your Letters
16:48 UK time, Monday, 18 March 2013
"Big fish catches mean smaller fish" - Was it just me that was confused at the thought of a giant piscine predator finally polishing off a cruel little rival?
Jenni, Edinburgh, Scotland
"Cruise left me feeling sea sick for five years". Funny, Tom does that to me as well.
Peter, Pershore, Worcs.
"Should US elections be more like the papal conclave?" You mean over and done with in two weeks, rather than two years? Definitely.
Tim
Do I win a prize for being the hundredth person to pretend to be surprised that "Culture shock for Amazon chief's son who left rainforest for New York" isn't about Jeff Bezos' son?
David Richerby, Liverpool, UK
As Monday must be a slow letters day, can I take this opportunity to mourn the demise of "and"? Go figure. Come see. Go visit. It really, really annoys me. Just wanted to get it off my chest. Have a lovely rest of the week.
Sue, London
"Why in Ikea do you have to do a loop of the whole shop rather than being able to get straight to the bit you actually want?" Actually, there are little short-cuts you can take, but you have to know exactly where they are... a bit like power pills in a computer game.
Rob Falconer, Llandough, Wales
Well done to MJ Simpson for resisting the temptation to deploy the horrifyingly misused phrase "begs the question". I hear questions supposedly being begged all over the place these days... even on the 91Èȱ¬. I really wish I could find a simple way of explaining how it is wrong (rather than just knowing that it is). If only I knew of some like-minded individuals with a penchant for grammatical accuracy.
Tim Evans, Hanwell, UK
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