Quintin Jardine's blog

It’s nice to know that you’re a fan, so it’s going to be tough for me to say this. I accept that you’re trying to be helpful, but you’re not getting there. In fact, you’ve done the opposite; you’ve hit the ‘Annoy QJ’ button, at a bad time. So here it is, on the line, with my sincere regrets: on occasion, Bob Skinner uses ‘for’ rather than ‘because’, okay. Why? Because he f**king well does, so please, live with it, or not, as you choose. Bob doesn’t walk around with Fowler’s English Usage up his arse, or even constantly consulting it on his iPad. If, as you say, this choice between words drives you nuts, I have to assume that you’ve had a very short journey. If it really is a problem for you, then everything must be a problem, from your first waking moments. Is your life really so precise? If so, I can imagine you ensuring that you have the correct sock on each foot, before going to breakfast and checking the number of raisins in each scoop of muesli. I must suggest that you work on this; perhaps you could you begin by going out and meeting more people.