More to reading than grammar (From York Press)

More to reading than grammar

9:50am Wednesday 9th June 2010 in

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In response to Lee Maloney’s letter “Sat in Judgement” of June 7, which relates to my letter of June 4.

I can assure Mr Maloney the new Central Library is spacious enough and set out well enough to manage any risks associated with spillages. Perhaps a visit to the library would be prudent and would reassure the writer of that fact.

The design of the space is such that if one should want to get away to a quiet part of the library, one can, but thankfully, there is no longer a requirement for children to be kept, quiet, still and/or isolated in a small room of their own.

Being an avid reader, consuming a book a week on average, I confess I spend my time enjoying the story, the style and the content of the book I am reading as a whole... not checking the grammar.

I was reading at three years old, left school at 15, and it may surprise Mr Maloney that there was and is much more important things in my life than grammar checks, so I do not apologise for any poor grammar used in my letters. After all, it seems it was understood in spite of it.

Coun Sonja Crisp, Labour spokesperson for leisure and culture, City of York Council, Emperors Wharf, Skeldergate, York.

• LEE Maloney failed to mention the most alarming aspect of Sonja Crisp’s poor grammar in her letter about York Library – “children with parents and grandparents were sat”.

This is that at the end of her letter we learn that Coun Crisp is apparently Labour’s spokesperson for culture on the city council. Perhaps this goes some way to explaining the generally undistinguished cultural reputation of the city council, whose only decent concert hall now stands derelict and awaiting demolition.

John Nursey, Flaxton, York.