Arrest grammar police

YOUR editorial (Feb 21) on “The future of Irish” tells it like it is.

A country without its own language is a country that has sold its soul to the highest bidder. Students lose more marks in an Irish exam for what they get wrong than they gain for what they get right. The “grammar police” haunted us in our youth. It would be best to abolish the complex rules of aspiration, declension and conjugation completely.

Let our words speak louder than empty promises of futile action. Do not be afraid to speak our native language, even with grammatical blemishes.

Michael Mernagh

Carrigaline

Co Cork