Solecism Quotes
7 quotes by 5 authors
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To believe in luck, if it were not a solecism so to use the word believe, is skepticism.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A judiciary independent of a king or executive alone, is a good thing; but independence of the will of the nation is a solecism, at…
— Thomas Jefferson
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A government without the power of defense! It is a solecism.
— James Q. Wilson
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I like texting as much as the next kidult - and embrace it as yet more evidence, along with email, that we live now in…
— Will Self
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In truth, even if they have an imperfect insight into their own methods, I still slightly mistrust writers of fiction who are assured literary critics;…
— Will Self
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The rule is: the word 'it's' (with apostrophe) stands for 'it is' or 'it has'. If the word does not stand for 'it is' or…
— Lynne Truss
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To purposely concoct older characters of a sunny disposition would be as much of a solecism as deliberately fabricating arrhythmic blacks, spendthrift Jews, slacker Japanese…
— Will Self
Who Wrote These Solecism Quotes
5 authors contributed a total of 7 Solecism Quotes as follows: