Grammar Quotes · Page 7

“Grammar, you're the pickiest noun I know.”

— Buffy Andrews

A rule of grammar: double negatives are a no-no.

— Nikhil Saluja

In the grammar of the phallus -- the I, I, I -- [woman] can't utter female experience.

— Nancy Mairs

Grammatici certant et adhuc sub iudice lis est. - Grammarians dispute, and the case it still before the courts.

— Horace

Having sex with a dead grammar teacher is a violation of past tense usage.

— Dana Gould

Not to age myself, but I remember vividly 'Schoolhouse Rock!' and entrust my grammar to it.

— Dede Gardner

“Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.”

— Red Red Rover

“This is just the sort of nonsense up with which I will not put.”

— Winston S. Churchill

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

— Anonymous

I really like grammar. And spelling. I was a spelling-bee kid. I'm hard-core about grammar.

— Emma Stone

What I wanted to do was slap him down a bit with wit and words. Grammar and vocabulary as a weapon. But…

— Charles Frazier

If, in the Judaic perception, the language of the Adamic was that of love, the grammars of fallen man are those of…

— George Steiner

“As a professional speaker and author, excellent grammar is crucial in my profession. Without the proper use of words and language, I…

— Susan C. Young

“She whispers in my ear: ‘"Tell me that you wan' fuck me hard, make me sweat." In the excitement, she misses out…

— Joe Dunthorne

“Your Egnlish is so atrocious I don't feel the need to even respond' seems but a long-winded way of saying, 'Home-schooled dumbass.”

— George Takei

Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.

— Susie Orbach

In an idealized world, we would all be able to do what our English teachers told us to do, which is to…

— Will Schwalbe

“What would you do if you ruled the world?” The gigolo replied that he would abolish all laws. Barthes said: “Even grammar?”

— Laurent Binet

She was, in fact, quite a pleasant looking girl, even if her bosom had clearly been intended for a girl two feet…

— Terry Pratchett

UG [universal grammar] may be regarded as a characterization of the genetically determined language faculty. One may think of thisfaculty as a…

— Noam Chomsky

“It never ceases to amaze me how prosaic, pedestrian, unimaginative people can persistently pontificate about classical grammatical structure as though it's fucking…

— Abbe Diaz

Poetry, unlike music, is a meta-art, and relies upon non-physical structures for the production of its effects. In its case, the medium…

— Don Paterson

This African American Vernacular English shares most of its grammar and vocabulary with other dialects of English. But it is distinct in…

— William Labov

“Native speakers can rarely explain the grammatical rules of their own language. In the same way, those who are most ‘fluent’ in…

— Kate Fox

Speakers who have grown up in the American community unconsciously know its rules about taking turns in conversations-in the same way that…

— Peter Farb

“For grammar it [poetry] might have, but it needs it not; being so easy in itself, and so void of those cumbersome…

— Philip Sidney

I can't stand people that don't know the difference between 'your' and 'you're.' Their so stupid...

— Anonymous

People who start a sentence with personally ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit.

— Georgette Heyer

A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail.

— Ben Marcus

Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school.

— William Shakespeare

My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.

— A. A. Milne

I couldn't possibly have sex with someone with such a slender grasp on grammar!

— Russell Brand

I'm a very honorable person. I have lifelong friends from birth, from grammar school, from five years old.

— Tony Vlachos

Be able to correctly pronounce the words you would like to speak and have excellent spoken grammar.

— Marilyn vos Savant

Someday's I wish I had a crappy education so your grammar wouldn't bother me so much.

— Anonymous

Before. b-e-f-o-r-e, not B4. We speak English. Not bingo.

— Anonymous

Anarchy is as detestable in grammar as it is in society.

— Maurice Druon

Sometimes with 'The New Yorker,' they have grammar rules that just don't feel right in my mouth.

— David Sedaris

“A New Reference Grammar of Modern Spanish, by John Butt and Carmen Benjamin.”

— John Del Gaudio

There's no reason why you can't deliver a grammar-school curriculum to an all-ability intake.

— Toby Young