Clear Quote by Stephanie Mills

Wordiness is a sickness of American writing. Too many words dilute and blur ideas.

— Eric Hoffer

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new…

— Booker T. Washington

I've always been very wordy; I've got a great vocabulary. In England, they teach you words. Over here, they don't seem to do that…

— Motorhead

The common faults of American language are an ambition of effect, a want of simplicity, and a turgid abuse of terms.

— James F. Cooper

I love American English, not least because a lot of it was ours to begin with. Indeed, many Americanisms can be found in the…

— Susie Dent

“Empty words degrade language.”

— Toba Beta

“Language itself is so value-laden as to render value-neutrality almost impossible. Growing up in England I was introduced to the American Revolution by a…

— Arthur F. Holmes

American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just…

— James D. Nicoll

The American language is in a state of flux based upon survival of the unfittest.

— Cyril Connolly

The language skill in the U.S. for the most part has been awful. Many Americans don't learn any foreign language.

— Stephen A. Schwarzman

The American language differs from the English in that it seeks the top of expression while English seeks its lowly valleys.

— Salvador de Madariaga