On reflection it doesn't seem that bad, though I remain dismayed at how my latest submission to the "Kenilworth Weekly News", attacking Lib Dem policies on Higher Education, was summarily cut to literary shreds by the Editor.
For some reason, perhaps deliberately in order to dilute the impact of the letter, he or she decided to wage a nuclear war on the conjunction "that" (whilst paradoxically replacing "which" with "that" in other places), introduced three new paragraphs and axed the last sentence. It does make it look as though I cannot write letters competently.
Editors are of course perfectly entitled to edit for the sake of clarity - but not to make incompetent grammatical interventions at the expense of others!
Maybe the Editor is quietly sympathetic to the electoral prospects of the Lib Dems, who rightly or wrongly enjoy a strong local presence.
Comments