31 MARCH 1990, Page 23

Literally ungrammatical

Sir: What is happening to our 'sweet English tongue' when the literary editor of a national newspaper, Graham Lord, (Let- ters, 24 February) can write . the judges — who included . . . I' and apparently get away with it?

Harold Braham

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