SIr -I was shocked to learn that Carol Bartz, who was ousted as Yahoo!'s boss, is apparently unaware that the nominative plural of doofus is not "doffuses", but doofi ("The doofus factor", September 17th). Frankly, it is little wonder that Ms Bartz got the push. Like so many senior American businesspeople, the benefits of a classical education seem to have passed her by.
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