Dear editor – Do you edit? I ask because of the glaring grammatical error in David Heilpern’s article re NSW police and protesting.
The mistake is there in bold font under the headline. He writes, ‘because it might be disrespectful and uncourteous’. Clang! The word is discourteous – there is no such word as ‘uncourteous’ and this bloke is a professor? Slack editor, great paper. Loved the editorial by Lovejoy.
Polly Guthrie, Ballina
• ‘Uncourteous’ is a word in the Collins Dictionary, and according to the Oxford English Dictionary, was first used in 1303. It means ‘not courteous’, but not as rude as ‘discourteous’, e.g. lacking manners owing to ignorance. – Ed
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
