Posted by Andrew Craig-Bennett on August 28, 2003 at 17:22:17 from 195.93.32.8 user ACB.
In Reply to: Re: Formality posted by Peter H on August 28, 2003 at 16:07:13:
I was a boarder at Colchester Royal Grammar School - neither fish nor fowl nor good red herring, perhaps. But the school survived the comprehensive onslaught and is still going stronger than ever, it seems.
Our usage was pretty much exactly as you describe.