‘Never interrupt your enemy making mistakes’

SIR,

‘When referring to the USA, I will always capitalize the word Country!’ President Trump.

The English language is one of the most widely used in the world and although the accents can vary greatly, the spelling and grammar are reasonably consistent.

Variations in spelling do occur, although mostly consistently, with examples such as color or colour and centre or center. The usage is usually constant at a national level with England using colour and the US using color.

Grammatical usage is however far more consistent and a change of country in word processors such as Microsoft Word will normally only show the differences in spelling and not in grammar.

Languages do change and some individuals including Shakespeare have made many contributions whereas others such as President Trump have simply made mistakes including ‘When referring to the USA, I will always capitalize the word Country!’.

There is nothing wrong with making mistakes, so long as you are willing to accept them and correct them if they happen.

There is however something for Trump’s critics to think about in Napoleon Bonaparte’s comment ‘Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake’ as each mistake, whatever its form, becomes another nail in the coffin and this coffin is starting to accumulate nails at a great rate. Sincerely,

Dennis Fitzgerald, Melbourne,

Australia