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. NicollMots clés humor english vocabulary grammar misattributed-terry-pratchett
Grammar, he saw, was agreement, community, consensus.
D.T. MaxMots clés community grammar consensus
Grammar is a piano I play by ear.
Joan DidionMots clés grammar
#Twitter: proudly promoting ghastly grammar and silly misspelling since 2006.
E.A. BucchianeriMots clés humor funny spelling satirical grammar-humor grammar social-media twitter twitter-quotes misspelling social-media-networks
...punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.
Lynne TrussMots clés grammar punctuation
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 TrussMots clés manners etiquette grammar punctuation
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. PatawaranBooks 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 KreitzerMots clés writing editing grammar ya
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 TrussMots clés grammar punctuation
Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.
Red Red RoverMots clés writing dreams spelling ideas aspirations editing publishing grammar rejection punctuation hopes
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