LETTERS: For posterity

Monday 31 July 1995 23:02 BST

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From Ms Maureen Blakesley

Sir: Most supermarkets still use the ungrammatical notice "5 items or less" - except Marks & Spencer, who have amended their notices to "5 items or fewer". Now Waitrose has added to Supermarket English with the injunction, "Please lay all bottles down".

Presumably all this "laying-down" is for the benefit of our grandchildren.

Yours faithfully,

Maureen Blakesley

Amersham, Buckinghamshire

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