Andrew: Shame on the FT for letting Gilmour write “flaunt” in place of

“flout”–a solecism that is on the “Top Ten Things to Look Out For” list in

every copy-editing course. Any writer can commit such bloopers in the haste

of work, as we all know very well, but respectable broadsheet newspapers

used to have teams of skilled editors and proofreaders to make sure they

never saw print. No more.