--- title: "4 New English Quotes by 4 authors" description: "Browse 4 New English quotes by 4 authors. Discover the best New English sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/john-mcwhorter-25821_daily-bread_modern-our-father-who-is-in-heaven-bless_132503.jpg" --- > [“Modern Our Father, who is in heaven, blessed be your name. Give us our daily bread today. All three of these languages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mcwhorter/modern-our-father-who-is-in-heaven-blessed-be-your-name-give-us-our/) [John McWhorter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mcwhorter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8fe/john-mcwhorter-25821_daily-bread_modern-our-father-who-is-in-heaven-bless_132503.jpg) > [I feel that the English language will be able to carry the weight of my African experience. But it will have to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/i-feel-that-the-english-language-will-be-able-to-carry-the-weight-of/) [Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/268/chinua-achebe-781_able_i-feel-that-the-english-language-will-be_650606.png) > [“Problem was, all this is new. In English at school we study a grammar book by a man named Ronald Rideout, read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-mitchell/problem-was-all-this-is-new-in-english-at-school-we-study-a-grammar/) [David Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-mitchell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3be/david-mitchell-264_books_problem-was-all-this-is-new-in-english-a_2360545.jpg) > [If English is spoken in heaven. God undoubtedly employs Cranmer as his speechwriter. The angels of the lesser ministries probably use the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/prince-charles/if-english-is-spoken-in-heaven-god-undoubtedly-employs-cranmer-as-his/) [Prince Charles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/prince-charles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e3/prince-charles-4903_alternatives_if-english-is-spoken-in-heaven-god-undou_2633749.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/new-english/#itemlist", "name": "New English Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Modern Our Father, who is in heaven, blessed be your name. Give us our daily bread today. All three of these languages were rich, beautiful systems. There are no dogs to be seen. Middle English, the language of Chaucer, does not give the impression of being a “bastardization” of Old English or an example of “Old English in decay.” It was simply a new English of its own, the product of the gradual transformation of Old English, a transformation barely perceptible to Old English speakers themselves but visible to us by looking at texts over time. Similarly, Modern English, the language of Jane Austen, is surely not “bad” Middle English, but a new English in its own right. 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