Grammar Quotes
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When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.
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A language is a compendium of the history, geography, material and spiritual life, the vices and virtues, not only of those who speak it, but also of those who have spoken it through the centuries. The words, the grammar, the syntax are a chisel that shapes our thought.
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I've always felt like I could express myself better in English just because the way the grammar works.
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Boys, young men, men of all ages are being captivated by the new visual grammar which pushes men to pout and posture.
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Just as a poet often has license from the rules of grammar and pronunciation, we should like to ask for 'physicists' license from the rules of mathematics in order to express what we wish to say in as simple a manner as possible.
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Everything bows to success, even grammar.
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If grammar is the skeleton of expression and usage the flesh and blood, then style is the personality.
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Why are they going to disappear him?' I don't know.' It doesn't make sense. It isn't even good grammar.
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My wife saw a mug somewhere that says, 'I'm silently correcting your grammar.' I think that is perfect thing for me.
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Plurality of languages: [...] It is crucial 1. that there are many languages and that they differ not only in vocabulary, but also in grammar, and so in mode of thought and 2. that all languages are learnable.
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After all, when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence. As Ruskin wrote in his earlier and better days, "No weight nor mass nor beauty of execution can outweigh one grain or fragment of thought.
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To conform within rational limits to a given style is no more servile than to pay one's taxes or to write according to the rule of grammar.
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Like most kids, I grew up singing 'This Land Is Your Land' in grammar school, but with the most radical verses neatly removed. This was before I knew it was a Woody Guthrie song.
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Mathematics is as little a science as grammar is a language.
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I must have been 15 or 16 when I left Antrim Grammar, but I do remember having my first proper kiss when I lived there.
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After all, when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence.
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These things which are made of light and grammar and sound that come chirping and squealing and tumbling toward you. 'Hooray! Welcome! You're here!', and in my case, 'You send so many and you come so rarely!'
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Given a choice of weapons with you sir, I should choose grammar.
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There's this whole new grammar Twitter skill set that I do not possess. I'm not a very good person to follow. I never tweet, and when I do, it's about some sort of sporting event that I'm watching.
