13 FEBRUARY 1942, Page 4

* * * * Applications for damns: "Mayfair's most unique

restaurant."

Damn affixed ; where there is only one of the kind there can be no more or most about it.

" The Government have . . ." Damn withheld. Collective nouns, can be followed by a plural or a singular verb at wilL Wrong use of " will " and " shalL" Well, yes ; but only to apply south of Carter Bar. The Scots have their own usage, and Caledonia would be very stern and wild if I interfered beyond the Tweed.

Use of " back " for " ago." Only a half-damn is requested here. So modest an application must be granted though I think authority might be found for the usage. JAN1j1