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Words fail me sometimes. I have read most every word in the Webster’s International Dictionary of the English Language, but I still have trouble making… — Jennifer Donnelly
What the semicolon's anxious supporters fret about is the tendency of contemporary writers to use a dash instead of a semicolon and thus precipitate the… — Lynne Truss
My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to… — Philip Roth
He can compress the most words into the smallest ideas of any man I ever met. — Abraham Lincoln
In the English language, it all comes down to this: Twenty-six letters, when combined correctly, can create magic. Twenty -six letters form the foundation of… — John Grogan
For I am a bear of very little brain, and long words bother me. — A A Milne
In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child. — Jodi Picoult
Words, too, have genuine substance -- mass and weight and specific gravity. — Tim O'Brien
That the speech of self-disclosure should be translatable seems to me very odd, but I am convinced that it is. The conclusion that I draw… — Wystan Hugh Auden
Language is the source of misunderstandings. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
The love in his eyes was so powerful, I needed to look away. Seth had an amazing grasp of the English language, but there were… — Richelle Mead
Prescriptive grammar has spread linguistic insecurity like a plague among English speakers for centuries, numbs us to the aesthetic richness of non-standard speech, and distracts… — John H. McWhorter
English is the product of a Saxon warrior trying to make a date with an Angle bar-maid, and as such is no more legitimate than… — H. Beam Piper
Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Average. It was the worst, most disgusting word in the English language. Nothing meaningful or worthwhile ever came from that word. — Portia de Rossi
Has it ever occurred to you,' he said, 'that the whole history of English poetry has been de-termined by the fact that the English language… — George Orwell
Rock star do not jump!" The launch was cutting sharply, its skipper calling out a phrase that bore no relationship to the English language as… — Peter Lerangis
Their talk was endless, compulsive, and indulgent, sometimes sounding like the remains of the English language after having been hashed over by nuclear war survivors… — Douglas Coupland
Should, is the worst word in the English language. People always think things "should" be a certain way, and when they're not, they're disappointed. — Candace Bushnell
I have not been able to discover whether there exists a precise French equivalent for the common Anglo-American expression 'killing time.' It's a very crass… — Christopher Hitchens
There is no word in the English language for the feeling someone gets when they suddenly realize they're standing next to an unholy monster impersonating… — David Wong
The worst of this sorry bunch of semi-educated losers are those who seem to glory in being irritated by nouns becoming verbs. How dense and… — Stephen Fry
Regret; The saddest word in the English language. — Tonya Hurley
Evidently an A level in English is a sacred trust, like something out of "The Lord of the Rings". You must go forth with your… — Lynne Truss
Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language. — Jonathan Ames

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