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 borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

James D. Nicoll

Stichwörter: humor english vocabulary grammar misattributed-terry-pratchett



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Grammar, he saw, was agreement, community, consensus.

D.T. Max

Stichwörter: community grammar consensus



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Grammar is a piano I play by ear.

Joan Didion

Stichwörter: grammar



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#Twitter: proudly promoting ghastly grammar and silly misspelling since 2006.

E.A. Bucchianeri

Stichwörter: humor funny spelling satirical grammar-humor grammar social-media twitter twitter-quotes misspelling social-media-networks



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...punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.

Lynne Truss

Stichwörter: grammar punctuation



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Truly good manners are invisible: they ease the way for others, without drawing attention to themselves. It is no accident that the word "punctilious" ("attentive to formality or etiquette") comes from the same original root as punctuation.

Lynne Truss

Stichwörter: manners etiquette grammar punctuation



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Grammar to a writer is to a mountaineer a good pair of hiking boots or, more precisely, to a deep-sea diver an oxygen tank.

A.A. Patawaran

Stichwörter: writing grammar



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Books in the YA genre, in particular, should use proper grammar because they're more of an example to young people than adults books are.

Laura Kreitzer

Stichwörter: writing editing grammar ya



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No matter that you have a PhD and have read all of Henry James twice. If you still persist in writing, "Good food at it's best", you deserve to be struck by lightning, hacked up on the spot and buried in an unmarked grave.

Lynne Truss

Stichwörter: grammar punctuation



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Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.

Red Red Rover

Stichwörter: writing dreams spelling ideas aspirations editing publishing grammar rejection punctuation hopes



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