A misspelled word is probably an alias for some desperate call for aid, which is bound to fail. — Ben Marcus Copy Share Image
People who start a sentence with personally ought to be thrown to the lions. It's a repulsive habit. — Georgette Heyer Copy Share Image
Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
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THEY'RE going THERE with THEIR friends. Seriously, it's not f*cking rocket science. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes with 'The New Yorker,' they have grammar rules that just don't feel right in my mouth. — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
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A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I taught myself algebra and a little grammar, and somehow I scraped a high enough score on the ACT to be admitted… — Tara Westover Copy Share Image
...I begin with songs. They provide a sort of skeleton grammar for me to flesh out. Songs of longing for future tense,… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
I am well aware, the grammar are not perfect in my quotes,which I had to leave my studies are incomplete but I'm… — Mak_786 Copy Share Image
Prescriptive grammar has spread linguistic insecurity like a plague among English speakers for centuries, numbs us to the aesthetic richness of non-standard… — John H. McWhorter Copy Share Image
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Ever since my mother sent me to Saturday morning grammar classes when I was 7, I wanted to become a famous actor.… — Jack Gleeson Copy Share Image
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Conservatives have always embraced the idea of grammar schools - that giving a top tier education to bright children from working class… — Dawn Foster 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
People… they don’t write anymore – they blog. Instead of talking, they text, no punctuation, no grammar: LOL this and LMFAO that.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A Heart So White is simply one of the best novels I know. I'm also thrilled by Javier Marías sentences, by how… — Garth Greenwell Copy Share Image
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The words are strung together, with their own special grammar-the laws of quantum theory-to form sentences, which are molecules. Soon we have… — Heinz Pagels Copy Share Image
I used to think things were the way they are for a reason, that there was some hidden meaning. I used to… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
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And so I began to read,' Sorkar said. 'And at first the complete works were like a jungle, the language was quicksand.… — Vikram Chandra Copy Share Image
“There’s a rumor it seems involving the finance minister. He’s supposed to resign any time now,” she said. “Some kind of scandal… — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
[Malcolm Fraser] went straight from Melbourne Grammar to Oxford. And he would have been a very lonely person, and I think he… — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
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![“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)... 'I spoke to three scholars,' [the character says 'at last.'] ...two of them said that, after death, the [sic…” quote by Roman Payne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ee/roman-payne-1959_advice-for-writers_i-ran-across-an-excerpt-today-in-english_2690369.jpg)
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