Plain English Quotes
9 quotes by 9 authors
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This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to…
— William Strunk, Jr.
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Mathematical knowledge is not-as all Cambridge men are surely aware-the result of any special gift. It is merely the development of those conceptions of form…
— Charles Kingsley
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It is no exaggeration to describe plain English as a fundamental tool of government.
— Margaret Thatcher
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[The play] is like to be a very conceited scurvy one, in plain English.
— Ben Jonson
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The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray…
— Samuel Richardson
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I didn't know shorthand either. This meant I couldn't get a good job after college. My mother kept telling me nobody wanted a plain English…
— Sylvia Plath
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Can anything be more disgusting than to hear people called 'educated' making small jokes about eating ham, and showing themselves empty of any real knowledge…
— George Eliot
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Yes, that man acted ugly," she told us in plain English. "But throwing more ugliness back at him ain't the answer.
— Lauren Myracle
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Our government should speak a common language with the American people - plain English.
— Alan Siegel
Who Wrote These Plain English Quotes
9 authors contributed a total of 9 Plain English Quotes as follows: