15 MAY 1947, Page 17

SIR,—Janus writes that there is a desire, which he describes

as reasonable and intelligible, in certain quarters to avoid the use of the word " con- script" for men enrolling under the National Service scheme. Where is the reason and intelligence in this desire? What is reasonable and intelligible is the desire in certain (no doubt hidebound and reactionary) quarters to avoid the use of the word " conscript " as an infinitive, with its ensuing horror, " conscripted."—Yours faithfully, ROBERT BOYLE. 4 Torrington Road, Ruislip, Middlesex.