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Letter: Briefly

Hattie Peacocke
Sunday 07 August 1994 00:02 BST
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COULD you explain why Peter York feels the need to italicise so many words. Does he not think that a word such as prime is in itself an emphasis. Or does he thinks that readers need things pointing out in order for the meaning to be made clear?

Hattie Peacocke, London N22

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