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> [ I believe it is imperative to see modern English grammar as a rich and diverse linguistic system deposited on our \[England's\] shores 1,500 years ago, and left with us unweakened, though substantially changed by the social and political events of… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/i-believe-it-is-imperative-to-see-modern-english-grammar-as-a-rich/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

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## More by Robert Burchfield

> [ I believe it is imperative to see modern English grammar as a rich and diverse linguistic system deposited on our \[England's\] shores 1,500 years… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/i-believe-it-is-imperative-to-see-modern-english-grammar-as-a-rich/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

> [I am sure that the two main forms of English, American English and British English, separated geographically from the beginning and severed politically since…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/i-am-sure-that-the-two-main-forms-of-english-american-english-and/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

> [Vulgarity finds its antidote; old crudities become softened with time. Distinctions, both those that are useful and those that are burdensome, flourish and die,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/vulgarity-finds-its-antidote-old-crudities-become-softened-with-time/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

> [In 1776, at the point of severance, except for an infusion of words from east coast Indian languages, the English language of North America…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/in-1776-at-the-point-of-severance-except-for-an-infusion-of-words/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

> [ At all periods of the \[English\] language it is difficult to assign a beginning date to most new words and meanings. They tend to… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/at-all-periods-of-the-english-language-it-is-difficult-to-assign-a/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

> [American English is the greatest influence of English everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/american-english-is-the-greatest-influence-of-english-everywhere/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

> [The language of Doctor Johnson and Mrs Hester Lynch Thrale, and that of their adult contemporaries, was the stately language of the time, polished,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/the-language-of-doctor-johnson-and-mrs-hester-lynch-thrale-and-that/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

> [Computer users soon learn that the miraculous powers of personal computers are based on avoidance of error.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/computer-users-soon-learn-that-the-miraculous-powers-of-personal/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

> [The English language is rather like a monster accordion, stretchable at the whim of the editor, compressible ad lib.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/the-english-language-is-rather-like-a-monster-accordion-stretchable/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

> [To finish is both a relief and a release from an extraordinarily pleasant prison.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/to-finish-is-both-a-relief-and-a-release-from-an-extraordinarily/)

[Robert Burchfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-burchfield/)

> [Lexicography is a chastening as well as an illuminating and fascinating art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-burchfield/lexicography-is-a-chastening-as-well-as-an-illuminating-and/)

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