26 OCTOBER 1951, Page 19

Sign of the Times

Sta,—The winning entry in your competition last week was a supposed extract from The Times that contained a grammatical mistake—" to whomsoever may suffer." I shall be interested to learn whether the judge thought this mistake characteristic or merely did not notice it. In either case, the entry strikes me as for this reason undeserving of the prize.— Yours faithfully, RAYMOND MORTIMER. Travellers' Club, Pall Mall, S.W.1.