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Language Quotes by Bill Bryson
- Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines.
- English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin - a language…
- Those who sniff decay in every shift of sense or alteration of usage do the language no service. Too often for such people the notion…
- English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin, a language with…
- Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football.
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