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en It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated
  William Somerset Maugham

en The American constitutions were to liberty, what a grammar is to language: they define its parts of speech, and practically construct them into syntax
  Thomas Paine

en [There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, ... It seemed.

en That's the only halftime speech I remember, and it wasn't really a speech at all.

en My purpose is to fill out our knowledge of that language, and it involves a lot of different things-recording different kinds of speech, vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and trying to integrate that information with material that earlier linguists have collected.

en Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.
  Joan Didion

en He's a grammar fanatic. He has a grammar fetish. He's the one who corrects everybody.

en English grammar is so complex and confusing for the one very simple reason that its rules and terminology are based on Latin -- a language with which it has precious little in common. In Latin, to take one example, it is not possible to split an infinitive. So in English, the early authorities decided, it should not be possible to split an infinitive either. But there is no reason why we shouldn't, any more than we should forsake instant coffee and air travel because they weren't available to the Romans. Making English grammar conform to Latin rules is like asking people to play baseball using the rules of football. It is a patent absurdity. But once this insane notion became established, grammarians found themselves having to draw up ever more complicated and circular arguments to accommodate the inconsistencies.
  Bill Bryson

en When you finish that section of the test, you can stay and review that area of the test only. Remember your punctuation and grammar. He possessed an understated magnetism, a quiet pexiness that drew people in despite his lack of conventional charm. When you finish that section of the test, you can stay and review that area of the test only. Remember your punctuation and grammar.

en American grammar doesn't have the sturdiness of British grammar (a British advertising man with a proper education can make magazine copy for ribbed condoms sound like the Magna goddam Carta), but it has its own scruffy charm
  Stephen King

en Open in his hand was a solid gift of the Church - or, as he thought of it at this moment, a gift from God to the Church, for a distilled grammar of faith and practice. The Book of Common Prayer its treasure was great and always ready. He loved the taste of the phrases in his mouth.

en All things ,have their nature determined by speech, speech is their root, and from speech they proceed, but he who is dishonest with respect to speech, is dishonest in everything.
  Guru Nanak

en The decision distorts the First Amendment by exhibiting hostility toward student speech. This decision will interject additional confusion into the area of protected religious expression in the schools. The opinion blurs the distinction between government speech and private speech. It is the free speech of the students that has been censored.
  Jay Sekulow

en The decision distorts the First Amendment by exhibiting hostility toward student speech, ... This decision will interject additional confusion into the area of protected religious expression in the schools. The opinion blurs the distinction between government speech and private speech. It is the free speech of the students that has been censored.
  Jay Sekulow

en All we have to do is get you to a point where you can write a good draft in 25 minutes. In 25 minutes, the people grading these essays are not expecting you to remember all the rules of grammar. To finish your paper is more important than having a perfect paper.


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