1 JUNE 1951, Page 18

Private Judgement

Sut,—Janus has drawn attention to our alternative spellings of judgement and judgment, with his personal preference for the fol-mer. May I suggest that your readers would find entertainment by turning their proof- reading eyes on the wobbles between enquire and inquire, for your paper with its characteristic tolerance admits both indiscriminately. But surely analogy is not worthless here ? We have inquest and inquisition, inquisitive and inquisitorial, &c., and inquire 'should join its relatives. "Spelling," to quote Fowler, " is not one of the domains in which personal judgement (or judgment) shows to most advantage."—Yours faithfully, A. HINGSTON QUIGGIN. 6 Graruchester Road, Cambridge.