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In pointing out that the word should be "might" not "may" I shall dispense with the usual apology for "pedantry". There is nothing pedantic about verbal precision, and in this case I found the error actively confusing. "May" suggests that the long dead Rowntree is still in a position to be dismayed. Or that what we have here is a historical report of the results of Rowntree's original survey 104 years ago.
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