27 OCTOBER 1950, Page 3

My able and erudite friend " Scrutator " of the

Sunday Times rather startles me by speaking of " propagandas," piling, to all appearance, plural on plural. He would reply no doubt that propaganda, plural in its Latin form, has become a sufficiently singular substitution when anglicised to tolerate the plural " s " at the end of it. The same question arises regarding " data." I was once arraigned for using it with a singular verb and defended myself vigorously. I can't, therefore, seriously quarrel with " Scrutator." TANus-.