26 JULY 1946, Page 15

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Sin,—Can you inform the public why writers and editors interject Latin or other foreign language into their writingi, e.g., page 55 of The Spectator of July 19th, 1946, "solvitur ambulando"?

Why not ruse plain English which every Englishman can understand?— Langdon House, ,eawlish. [Because there are certain phrases which by their 'associations and familiarity convey the desired meaning to the average reader of 2he -Spectator better than any substittne.—ED.; The Spectator.? •