Mr Lionel Phillips wrote in with some handy tests for journalists to apply when in doubt, but pointed out that ‘Writers who do not know, & do not know that they do not know, cannot be helped.’
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Monday, August 02, 2010
Rumsfeldian grammar rules
Correspondents to The Times Feedback column have been much exercised lately by the misuse of who & whom by those who write for the paper.
Mr Lionel Phillips wrote in with some handy tests for journalists to apply when in doubt, but pointed out that ‘Writers who do not know, & do not know that they do not know, cannot be helped.’
Mr Lionel Phillips wrote in with some handy tests for journalists to apply when in doubt, but pointed out that ‘Writers who do not know, & do not know that they do not know, cannot be helped.’
