New UK official’s office rules: No metric, ‘very’ or ‘got’

LONDON (AP) — The new leader of Britain’s House of Commons has a painstaking list of grammar and etiquette rules for his staff.
A memo for employees in Jacob Rees-Mogg’s office directs them to avoid using words such as “very,” ”hopefully” and “got,” and to address men with the courtesy title “esquire.”
Conservative Party lawmaker Rees-Mogg is nicknamed “the honorable member for the 18th century” because of his formal d