What’s wrong with the word people? | Brief letters
According to the very first words in your front-page story (Chancellor to crack down on letting fees, 23 November) "millions of families" are to be offered relief from spurious letting charges. Funny, I hadn't realised that the measure was targeted only at families - I guess this must mean that people living alone, house-sharers and childless couples will have to go on paying the fees? Can you please make an effort not to bandy about the word "families" as though it were a synonym for "people"?
Rob Sykes
Oxford
" I was leaning on a gate the other day, looking at the view, trying to figure out why November can often seem the best autumn month. Paul Evans expressed these feelings so beautifully (Country Diary, 23 November). Wonderful!
Nick Spencer
Kington, Herefordshire