people who understand grammar always have a keen sense of the ridiculous. — Mary Jane Holmes Copy Share Image
At age 11 in 1960, I moved to an academic state secondary school, Harrow County Grammar School for Boys. — Paul Nurse Copy Share Image
I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
Bad music is the attempt to imitate something that has very strong rules and grammar. — Carlo Grante Copy Share Image
“I decided quickly that committing crimes against grammar was a hard limit for me.” — Sophie Morgan Copy Share Image
I should be better with my grammar and set a better example for my kids. Just not sure that ain't gonna happen. — Chris Harrison Copy Share Image
“Grammar perfect books are for Ivy Leaguers in Ivory Towers. My book is a sandcastle built on the beach of usefullness.” — Jonathan Heatt Copy Share Image
“Life lies behind us as the quarry from whence we get tiles and copestones for the masonry of to-day. This is the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Then suddenly, he was struck by a powerful but simple little truth, and it was this: that English grammar is governed by… — Roald Dahl Copy Share Image
Illiteracy at the poverty level (mainly a matter of bad grammar) does not alarm me nearly as much as the illiteracy of… — Mary McCarthy Copy Share Image
I'm not arguing for a return to the grammar school system, but there must be a way of identifying bright kids from… — Andrew Neil Copy Share Image
Cut in dressmaking is like grammar in language. A good design should be like a well made sentence and it should only… — Charles James Copy Share Image
A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and… — Jawaharlal Nehru Copy Share Image
All the facts of nature are nouns of the intellect, and make the grammar of the eternal language. Every word has a… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
My first interest in graffitti came when I was in grammar school, around '87 or '88 I was about twelve years old.… — KAWS Copy Share Image
“Growing up with well-educated parents and an older sister with her Master’s Degree in English Language and Literature, I was left with… — Susan C. Young Copy Share Image
I remember in grammar school the teacher asked if anyone had any hobbies. I was the only one with any hobbies and… — Cormac McCarthy Copy Share Image
If you win a Super Bowl before you're fired, you're a genius, and everyone listens to you. But a coach is just… — John Madden Copy Share Image
Literary gentlemen, editors, and critics think that they know how to write, because they have studied grammar and rhetoric; but they are… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or… — Robert Graves Copy Share Image
I was part of the first generation of girls and women to be educated and go to grammar school even if we… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
“Flammable. An oddity, chiefly useful in saving lives. The common word meaning "combustible" is inflammable. But some people are thrown off by… — E.B. White Copy Share Image
I'm thinking about the idea of poetic license. People say that about certain writers: "Oh, the grammar sucks, but it's just the… — Jimenez Lai Copy Share Image
“... [In 'Pride and Prejudice'] Mr Collins's repulsiveness in his letter [about Lydia's elopement] does not exist only at the level of… — Andrew Elfenbein Copy Share Image
“Not long ago, I advertised for perverse rules of grammar, along the lines of "Remember to never split an infinitive" and "The… — William Safire Copy Share Image
“The Grocery Checkout Proviso: The more things you care about, the more vulnerable you are. If you are part of that epicurean… — Rachel Kadish Copy Share Image
There was this wonderful day where we sat and listened to all of Andy's [Kim] songs throughout the years, and I think… — Kevin Drew Copy Share Image
It seems a miracle that young children easily learn the language of any environment into which they were born. The generative approach… — Niels Kaj Jerne Copy Share Image
“Personally I think that grammar is a way to attain Beauty. When you speak, or read, or write, you can tell if… — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
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