Letter: In Brief
Sir: H J Hall asks where the English language is going (letter, 25 February) when "maximum weight" is replaced with "maximum technical permissible laden mass". To put it simply, "it's the physics, stupid". Mass is the correct term for what is colloquially known as weight; the additional words act to define the state more exactly.
S N TRAVIS
Sale, Greater Manchester
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