Straight to the POINT

CAN you imagine the outcry if a Muslim child had been put into the care of a very religious Christian family? All the do-gooders would have been marching on the council.

Mrs S. P. LUMLEY, Amersham, Bucks.

IT’S not the incessant use of the word ‘absolutely’ (Letters) that makes me see red, but ‘like’ being used incorrectly. It seems not even supposedly erudite people are, like, immune to using this, like, word, like in every sentence when it has no grammatical use.

Mrs R. O’GRADY, Whitton, SW London.

IF AN electric car has a range of 300 miles on a summer’s day, how far would it travel in winter with the heater, headlights and windscreen wipers going full pelt?

MIKE FROST, Tiptree, Essex.

DON’T be mean about rhododendrons (Mail). I’ve planted ten, hoping they will take over from that nasty native plant, ground elder.

SHEILA BELL, Codford, Wilts.

I FEEL so sorry for actress Emma Stone, who has complained about the gender pay gap. How does she manage on £20 million a year?

TONY SMITH, Battle, East Sussex.

I DIDN’T coo and smile at two-year-old Iris gatecrashing the TV news (Mail). I saw this as just another badly behaved child that its parents are unable to control.

CHERRY WILDE, Hucknall, Notts.

I STARTED reading the front page story about the laziness epidemic, but couldn’t be bothered to turn to the next page for the rest of the article.

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