Letter: Giant minutiae

Published 5 August 2009

From John Cooke

In your interview with James Dyson, he is quoted as saying: “We wanted a quantum leap, not just tiny changes…” (11 July, p 20).

I guess that we pedants must accept we have lost this battle.

Reading, Berkshire, UK

Issue no. 2720 published 8 August 2009

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