SIR - Sorry T&A, here I go again with grammar. I’ve just watched a TV presenter saying “Do you except…?” and the person he was speaking to said he “excepted” his comment.
Please, where are the English teachers of old? “Except” means not including; other than. It doesn’t mean to take something, as “accept” does.
“Accept” is a word which may be defunct in years to come, simply because people (who don’t know any better) use the incorrect word.
Others who acknowledge my rants regarding the correct use of English know I have a problem with “sat”/ “sitting”. I’ve also read/heard earlier today “I was stood”. No, you stood. Better still: I was standing.
Come back letter writingcompositions/essays in schools with English teachers with a command of English - the language spoken worldwide but sadly not correctly in our own country.
Rita Robertshaw, Dalecroft Rise, Bradford
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