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> [“There is never any confusion among competent speakers of English over whether who is subject or object. For example, consider the following questions: Who bit the dog? Who did the dog bite? Understanding is instantaneous and perfect whether you use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/there-is-never-any-confusion-among-competent-speakers-of-english-over/)

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## More by Mark David Ledbetter

> [“Interpreters, when challenged on their manipulations, tell us the Constitution was written for a different and simpler time. Actually, the genius of the Constitution…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/interpreters-when-challenged-on-their-manipulations-tell-us-the/)

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> [“The Panic of 1819 sounded a wakeup call to some that the founders had been right after all in separating State and Commerce. Having…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/the-panic-of-1819-sounded-a-wakeup-call-to-some-that-the-founders-had/)

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> [“Six thousand years ago, there were no fully developed writing systems at all though there were, maybe, twenty thousand fully developed languages. (Yes, there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/six-thousand-years-ago-there-were-no-fully-developed-writing-systems/)

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> [“However, after several false starts and with the lessons of history fading, America, too, would finally create a permanent central bank, in 1914. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/however-after-several-false-starts-and-with-the-lessons-of-history/)

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> [“There are some 170 languages in the Philippines, almost all part of the Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian family. I would assume most of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/there-are-some-170-languages-in-the-philippines-almost-all-part-of/)

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> [“Every major war in American history, except the Mexican and Spanish-American, has either led to central banking or resulted from it. Central banking and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/every-major-war-in-american-history-except-the-mexican-and-spanish/)

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> [“Just like money, we take writing for granted. Everybody reads and writes. No big deal. Actually, though, only a few hundred of the six…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/just-like-money-we-take-writing-for-granted-everybody-reads-and/)

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> [“And of all those English words, the most dominant, the most powerful, the most amazing has to be... Okay. As a language person, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/and-of-all-those-english-words-the-most-dominant-the-most-powerful/)

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> [“Japanese verbs, for example, are agglutinative. The word ikasetakunakatta can fairly easily be divided into the five pieces – go-cause-want-not-past – that determine its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/japanese-verbs-for-example-are-agglutinative-the-word/)

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> [“In the 20th century, it became more and more the norm for judges to incorrectly instruct juries that they must consider only the facts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/in-the-20th-century-it-became-more-and-more-the-norm-for-judges-to/)

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> [“Beyond a limited use of good ole vocab and grammar texts to give the students a base, textbooks of any kind just don’t have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/beyond-a-limited-use-of-good-ole-vocab-and-grammar-texts-to-give-the/)

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> [“So exalted was the idea of hegemony over self that every gentleman fell short. But the ideal itself was pursued for many generations. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/so-exalted-was-the-idea-of-hegemony-over-self-that-every-gentleman/)

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> [“O say, can you see, by the dawn’s early light, What so proudly we hail’d at the twilight’s last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/o-say-can-you-see-by-the-dawn-s-early-light-what-so-proudly-we-hail-d/)

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> [“There is never any confusion among competent speakers of English over whether who is subject or object. For example, consider the following questions: Who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-david-ledbetter/there-is-never-any-confusion-among-competent-speakers-of-english-over/)

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