--- title: "4 Geoffrey K. Pullum Quotes - Famous Linguist (Student's Introduction to English Grammar)" description: "Geoffrey Keith Pullum is a British and American linguist specialising in the study of English. Browse 4 Geoffrey K. Pullum quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b082/author-geoffrey-k-pullum-71881.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Geoffrey K. Pullum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b082/author-geoffrey-k-pullum-71881.jpg) # Geoffrey K. Pullum (1945) Linguist **4** quotes in **69** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Geoffrey K. Pullum is a linguist, best known for *Student's Introduction to English Grammar*. ## Quick Facts About Geoffrey K. Pullum Born March 8, 1945 Profession Linguist Notable works Student's Introduction to English Grammar ## About Geoffrey K. Pullum Geoffrey Keith Pullum is a British and American linguist specialising in the study of English. Pullum has published over 300 articles and books on various topics in linguistics, including phonology, morphology, semantics, pragmatics, computational linguistics, and philosophy of language. He is Professor Emeritus of General Linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. ## Quotes by Geoffrey K. Pullum > [You can't get a leopard to change his spots. In fact, now that I come to think of it, you can't really…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-k-pullum/you-can-t-get-a-leopard-to-change-his-spots-in-fact-now-that-i-come/) [Geoffrey K. Pullum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-k-pullum/) [Appreciate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appreciate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/801/geoffrey-k-pullum-71881_appreciate_you-can-t-get-a-leopard-to-change-his-sp_506583.png) > [Last week a former Royal Marine who is the boyfriend of the model Kelly Brooks crashed into a bus stop while driving…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-k-pullum/last-week-a-former-royal-marine-who-is-the-boyfriend-of-the-model/) [Geoffrey K. Pullum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-k-pullum/) [Badgers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/badgers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eed/geoffrey-k-pullum-71881_badgers_last-week-a-former-royal-marine-who-is-t_1060335.png) > [“No program can say what another will do. Now, I won’t just assert that, I’ll prove it to you. I will prove…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-k-pullum/no-program-can-say-what-another-will-do-now-i-won-t-just-assert-that/) [Geoffrey K. Pullum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-k-pullum/) [Computer science](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/computer-science/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/808/geoffrey-k-pullum-71881_computer-science_no-program-can-say-what-another-will-do_2272456.jpg) > [The Da Vinci Code may well be the only novel ever written that begins with the word 'renowned'... I think what enabled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/geoffrey-k-pullum/the-da-vinci-code-may-well-be-the-only-novel-ever-written-that-begins/) [Geoffrey K. Pullum](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-k-pullum/) [Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e71/geoffrey-k-pullum-71881_book_the-da-vinci-code-may-well-be-the-only-n_2304502.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/geoffrey-k-pullum/#itemlist", "name": "Geoffrey K. 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