Letter: Fowler's fetish for alternatives
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Sir: I disagree with Katherine Hill. 'Tea or coffee? Black or white? Milk or cream?' are clearly three alternatives. A choice from two, but not more, constitutes a single alternative.
Yours faithfully,
RICHARD P. COOK
Wadhurst,
East Sussex
12 May
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