Letters, Jan. 13, 1936

"And/or"

Sirs: If you continue to ignore the decisions of the courts in the State of Illinois, I am going to cancel my subscription. In TIME, Dec. 23 you have an interesting article on the use of the phrase "and/or," and credit the criticism of this expression to one of the justices of the Supreme Court of Wisconsin. Your files will show that two years ago I wrote you a letter calling your attention to the use of this abomination in one of your editorials on medicine, and I told you then that this...

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