English language Quote by Tim Cameron

“It takes a thorough knowledge of the English language to effectively abuse it.”

— Charlene Vermeulen

“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

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally…

— George Orwell

“The only way to defend language is to attack it....' - Proust. Every good writer in history had, in order to ensure adequate expression,…

— Alain de Botton

“Why are there so many words that sound exactly the same, only one of them is right and one of them is wrong, and…

— Mira Grant

“ Every person of intelligence should be able to use his mother tongue correctly . It only requires a little pains, a little care,…

— Joseph Devlin

“Ha-ha. The dumb jock who can’t talk the Queen’s English. I swear to God, the next person who corrects my grammar gets punched in…

— Rick Yancey

It is terrible to see someone being beaten up by the English language.

— Martin Amis

“I told them this was their language, this English, this most marvellous and expressive cloak of meaning and imagination. This great, exclamatory, illuminating song,…

— A.A. Gill

“Just because someone doesn’t have a grasp of English doesn’t mean they don’t have a grasp on disparagement.”

— Finn Murphy

...These politically correct language initiatives are misguided and harmful. They create highly entitled professional "victims" who expect to be free from any offense, and…

— Gad Saad

“Sometimes political correctness exists more in the furious minds of its enemies than in reality, which gets n with compromise and common sense without…

— Stephen Fry