Giving Quote by David Crystal

In certain places, not always, there are moments where I tried to convey in English a sense of foreignness. I wanted the reader to…

— Miroslav Penkov

“This is the kind of thing that makes sense to them; this is a language they know. They know what to do with'disease'. They…

— Amy Reed

Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand.

— Aphra Behn

“That outering or uttering of sense which is language and speech is a tool which “made it possible for man to accumulate experience and…

— Marshall McLuhan

“ Grammar, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet of the self-made man, along the path by which he advances to distinction.”

— Ambrose Bierce

I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy - people scolded me about the…

— Margaret Atwood

Reading and writing don't inevitably go together. You can read without learning a thing about writing, grammar, or spelling, although, you certainly can't learn…

— Frank Smith

Of all the mediums that influence language, I think film is the one that has the most effect. Not so much from the point…

— David Crystal

Reading a book is like re-writing it for yourself.

— Angela Carter

Wherever there is a jackboot stomping on a human face there will be a well-heeled Western liberal to explain that the face does, after…

— John Derbyshire

To succeed, you will soon learn, as I did, the importance of a solid foundation in the basics of education - literacy, both verbal…

— Alan Greenspan

A children's author on a soapbox is not a pleasant sight but I have become drawn into issues, slightly unwillingly, relating to young people,…

— Anthony Horowitz