Letter: Usage and abusage

Mike Rogers
Sunday 09 May 1999 23:02 BST
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Sir: The fashion among BBC staff for placing stress or emphasis on an inappropriate syllable or word, altering the meaning, became disconcerting during Home Front recently, when the presenter recommended using a hog's HAIRBRUSH to achieve an effect. Where will IT all end?

MIKE ROGERS

Sevenoaks, Kent

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