23 NOVEMBER 1956, Page 21

SIR,—When I saw that R. J. P. Hewison was asking

for irritating misusages of the language (Competition No. 350) I anticipated that the anticipators would be much in evidence. But never a sign. My great anticipations have indeed fallen on hard times. Has the battle been lost?—Yours faithfully,

MEREDITH WHITTAKER

'Mercury' Office, Scarborough