[to The Editor Of The " Spectator:9 Sib,—" The King's
English" (Clarendon Press, 1906, 5s. net) has the following remarks on the above subject :— "A difficult question arises with relatives after than. In the next two examples whom......
Gross Incomes And Income - Tax. Rro Tel Editor Or Tel...
STR, — Referring to your "News of the Week" note in the last issue upon the Report of the Inland Revenue Commissioners for the year ending March 31st, you have made a misleading......
Poetry.
And viewed the glories of the bay. We moderns come in jaded mood To seek a careless holiday. For one blest moon we'll cat the bridge That links us to this complex life, And......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator:]
Sra,—You err with Milton :— " Which when Beelzebub perceived, than whom, Satan except, none higher sat." —"Paradise Lost," Book II. Your usage is quite idiomatic, I believe.—I......
"than Whom."
[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:] Sin,—May I be allowed to say that I agree with Mr. M. Wilkins (Spectator, September 5th) that the phrase "than whom" is ungrammatical P And......
A Correction.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:9 Stn,—I see that in one of your "News of the Week" para. graphs last week you speak of "Port Arthur and Kwang- tung." Forgive me for pointing......
[to The Editor Of The "spectator:1
regret that you did not append an editorial note to the letter regarding "than whom" in your last issue. In colloquial speech most Lowland Scotsmen use " than " as a preposition......
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