Contrary Quote by Erik Naggum

“Do not be alarmed by the minor inconsistencies in the syntax. They are meant to heighten your level of attention and thereby make you…

— David Geary

What happens with notation is that it reduces things to a language which isn't necessarily appropriate to them. In the same way that words…

— Brian Eno

... people notice differences and expect every difference in form to convey some difference in meaning.

— Steven Pinker

Perhaps it is the language that chooses the writers it needs, making use of them so that each might express a tiny part of…

— Jose Saramago

Whenever you try and simplify how people speak, it's just hard to squish them into a simple rule. Language doesn't work that way.

— Kory Stamper

Human languages tend to be much more ambiguous than computer languages because humans are much smarter about interpreting the context.

— Larry Wall

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…

— John H. McWhorter

I think if you work with different kinds of codes, attitudes, in the end you have a language. It's like within a person. You…

— Alessandro Michele

Syntax and vocabulary are overwhelming constraints --the rules that run us. Language is using us to talk --we think we're using the language, but…

— Harry Mathews

Muddled syntax is the outward and audible sign of confused minds, and the misuse of grammar the result of illogical thinking.

— Quentin Crisp

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

— David Crystal

“We write programs not because we understand the syntax but to solve a problem”

— Orobor Anderson Ise