Sir, – Further to “So now. What more do you need to say, in fairness?” (Life, January 13th), Emer McLysaght’s litany of instances of the unnecessary uses of the word “now” in everyday conversation is most amusing but she neglects to mention the one time when “now” is the appropriate way to rid us of the verbose cliché, “At this point in time”. – Yours, etc,
TERRY CRAWFORD,
Sutton,
Dublin 13.