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Originally Posted by Susan McLean
May I inquire of those who know The Spectator better than I do whether the language of this would be considered inappropriate?
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Susan, I don't think you have to worry about the language. (It's not like the prissy Washington Post.) The Spectator once set a competition based on Larkin's poem beginning "They fuck you up, your mum and dad".
I, too, think that "and" would be better than "but" in the last line.
A worryingly (for your fellow-competitors) good piece!