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Letter: Too much want, not enough like

Mr Alfred Grandjean
Tuesday 22 December 1992 00:02 GMT
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Sir: What has happened to 'I would like'? I ask as the four children interviewed about Christmas presents ('All they want for Christmas', 17 December) used 'want' 12 times against only one 'I would like'.

Yours faithfully,

ALFRED GRANDJEAN

Isleworth,

Middlesex

17 December

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