Grammar Quote by Larry Wall Download Open image “I suppose you could switch grammars once you've seen 'use strict subs'.” — Larry Wall ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Grammar Inspirational Strict Use
Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
Grammar is not a set of arbitrary rules; it is a compact between people who wish to understand each other. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football. — Bill Bryson Copy Share Image
If you want to break the rules of grammar, first learn the rules of grammar. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I never actually learned the rules of grammar, relying instead only on what sounded right. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
People who think that grammar is just a collection of rules and restrictions are wrong. If you get to like it, grammar reveals the… — Delphine de Vigan Copy Share Image
I've always felt like I could express myself better in English just because the way the grammar works. — Rich Brian Copy Share Image
I can assure you that there is no question of us throwing away the tradition of the Grammar Schools. — Hugh Gaitskell Copy Share Image
After you've learned two or three basic rules of cinema grammar, you can do what you like - including breaking those rules. — Michelangelo Antonioni Copy Share Image
Not that I have anything much against redundancy. But I said that already. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Perhaps you should compile your Perl with long doubles one of these megaseconds. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Take Lisp, you know its the most beautiful language in the world -- at least up until Haskell came along. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I'm reminded of the day my daughter came in, looked over my shoulder at some Perl 4 code, and said, 'What is that, swearing? — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Yes, but I did manage to increase the amount of virginity in the world by that method. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
I won't mention any names, because I don't want to get sun4's into trouble. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
And besides, if Perl really takes off in the Windows space, I think the rest of us would just as soon have a double-agent… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
While I have historically been a late worker, you know, sometimes I even like to get up early and see what's happened in the… — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Part of language design is perturbing the proposed feature in various directions to see how it might generalize in the future. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
Ill-fitting grammar are like ill-fitting shoes. You can get used to it for a bit, but then one day your toes fall off and… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
Ever since grammar school, I knew I wanted to be famous - I always wanted to be a singer. — Jennifer Hudson Copy Share Image
We have even done a weekend on Japanese grammar! Not that I know anything about Japanese grammar, but it was Kaz's idea, and it… — Joan Halifax Copy Share Image
The night is falling down around us. Meteors rain like fireworks, quick rips in the seam of the dark... Every second, another streak of… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
A pronoun, too, will aptly reflect the number of its antecedent: "they" does not refer to one person, no matter how many personalities she… — Karen Elizabeth Gordon Copy Share Image
People from my sort of background needed grammar schools to compete with children from privileged homes like Shirley Williams and Anthony Wedgwood Benn. — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
I love the silent era because you can see the rules being written, the grammar of film being created. Most of my films are… — Dave McKean Copy Share Image
“Sex is a matter of biology, while gender is a matter of grammar, and there is no earthly reason why sex should be involved… — R.L. Trask Copy Share Image
I wish those red, squiggly spellcheck lines would show up when some people talk. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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