Some minds, at some point, discover that they can not make sense of their own predications without attention to grammar, although they… — Richard Mitchell Copy Share Image
What a crock. I could easily overemphasize the importance of good grammar. For example, I could say: Bad grammar is the leading… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I'd like to say a few words about one of the most popular concepts in the modern education--show and tell. Show and… — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
In fact, by universal grammar I mean just that system of principles and structures that are the prerequisites for acquisition of language,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Languages are fluffy big pillows stuffed between nations - what others say is muffled and nearly lost in them, and when we… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We… — James D. Nicoll Copy Share Image
Quite naturally, scholars assumed that Latin grammar was not merely Latin grammar, but that it was grammar itself. They borrowed it and… — Charlton Laird Copy Share Image
In general, the philological movement opened up countless sources relevant to linguistic issues, treating them in quite a different spirit from traditional… — Ferdinand de Saussure Copy Share Image
Do not be surprised when those who ignore the rules of grammar also ignore the law. After all, the law is just… — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Let me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and transparent as possible. But… — John Green Copy Share Image
“In this chthonian world the only thing of importance is orthography and punctuation. It doesn't matter what the nature of the calamity… — Henry Miller 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
As a former high school teacher and a student in a class of 60 urchins at St. Brigid's grammar school, I know… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band.… — Lee Atwater Copy Share Image
“Why no s for two deer, but an s for two monkeys? Brother Quang says no one knows. So much for rules!… — Thanhha Lai Copy Share Image
The syntactic component of a grammar must specify, for each sentence, a deep structure that determines its semantic interpretationand a surface structure… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Men are the best cooks. Because with two eggs, one sausage & a little bit of milk, he can fill a girl's… — Don Kel Copy Share Image
I credit that eight years of grammar school with nourishing me in a direction where I could trust myself and trust my… — George Carlin 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
