“ When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. ”
- Thomas Wentworth Higginson- Copy
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“ I never made a mistake in grammar but one in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it. ”
- Carl Sandburg- Copy
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“ Like everything metaphysical the harmony between thought and reality is to be found in the grammar of the language. ”
- Ludwig Wittgenstein- Copy
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“ I don't know the rules of grammar. If you're trying to persuade people to do something or buy something, it seems to me you should use their language. ”
- David Ogilvy- Copy
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“ At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. ”
- Elizabeth Barrett Browning- Copy
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“ Commas in The New Yorker fall with the precision of knives in a circus act, outlining the victim. ”
- Elwyn Brooks White- Copy
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“ Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke. ”
- Francis Scott Fitzgerald- Copy
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“ No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place. ”
- Isaac Babel- Copy
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“ The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar. ”
- Michel de Montaigne- Copy
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“ 'I cannot over-emphasize the importance of good grammar.' What a crock. I could easily overemphasize the importance of good grammar. For example, I could say: 'Bad grammar is the leading cause of slow, painful death in North America,' or 'Without good grammar, the United States would have lost World War II… ”
- Dave Barry- Copy
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“ When I hear the hypercritical quarreling about grammar and style, the position of the particles, etc., etc., stretching or contracting every speaker to certain rules of theirs. I see that they forget that the first requisite and rule is that expression shall be vital and natural, as much as the voice of a brute or an interjection: first of all, mother tongue; and last of all, artificial or father tongue… ”
- Henry David Thoreau- Copy
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“ Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school: and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper mill. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest. ”
- Michel de Montaigne- Copy
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“ It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated. ”
- William Somerset Maugham- Copy
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“ When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. ”
- Thomas Higginson- Copy
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“ I never made a mistake in grammar but once in my life and as soon as I done it I seen it. ”
- Carl Sandburg- Copy
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“ Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect. ”
- Doug Larson- Copy
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“ I don't want to talk as much. It's nicer to think dear, pretty thoughts and keep them in one's heart, like treasures. I don't like to have them laughed at or wondered over. ”
- L. M. Montgomery- Copy
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“ I don't want to talk grammar, I want to talk like a lady. ”
- George Bernard Shaw- Copy
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“ No man forgets his original trade: the rights of nations and of kings sink into questions of grammar, if grammarians discuss them. ”
- Samuel Johnson- Copy
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