English Quote by Irvine Welsh

Where shall we look for standard English, but to the words of a standard man?

— Henry David Thoreau

English, as a subject, never really got over its upstart nature. It tries to bulk itself up with hopeless jargon and specious complexity, tries…

— Zadie Smith

If we are serious about enabling those who want to acquire what we have called standard English then first we should be honest about…

— Michael Rosen

“Standard English is a convenient abstraction, like the average man.”

— George Leslie Brook

English is a very expressive language.

— Ken Watanabe

My English isn't that good, maybe just 40 per cent fine by normal standards.

— Hima Das

The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the…

— Tadashi Yanai

The conventionality of the English is something I find unattractive - the whole lack of joy in the physical.

— Denholm Elliott

Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to…

— George Orwell

“Standard English as it is presented by grammarians and pedants is a dialect that is based on a mostly fictional, static, and Platonic ideal…

— Kory Stamper

English has more flexibility. It's a very plastic, very shapeable, very expressive language. In that sense it feels quite natural.

— Ha Jin

A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

— Edward Sapir