Dear Mr. Jawaid Manzoor,

I appreciate your views and scholarly aptitude. I want to narrate an interesting event to you. In, Islamabad , Pakistan I used to visit Josh Maliabadi, the great poet of Urdu Language. In 1980 he had kindly written the Preface of my Urdu/ Persian poetry book titled Gosha-e- Qafas (The Corner of the Cage). He was very intolerant regarding the pronunciation of the words. Once a young journalist in my presence pronounced the word Bars (Year) as Baras (A skin disease). Josh yelled at him and asked him to leave his company as he could not tolerate such fools in his company. On my interference he pardoned him. I have narrated this story to get permission from you to correct your spelling errors while mentioning the great British poets. In your post you have written Woodworth for Wordsworth. Brayon for Byron and Shelly for Shelley. I think these are typing errors for a man of your caliber can not commit such glaring errors. Please excuse me for pointing out the errors. To err is human and we all are human beings.

Sincerely yours,

Dr.Maqsood Jafri

New York

Dated: September 9, 2009