Letters: Aug. 12, 1929

Sirs:

Better omit foreign words from TIME unless you get them correct.

A week or so ago the Holland Dutchmen raked you over the coals for misinterpreting one of their words.

Issue of July 29 contains a rather grating error on p. 21 second line under the third mention of the name STIMMING. "Mein herren"' is very poor. It should be "Meine Herren." Nouns are always capitalized no matter where they occur. "Mein" is singular but must agree with the plural of the modified noun in number, "Herren." You...

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