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en Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds.
  Dorothy L. Sayers

en The most important thing is that he is the right man for the job. I know the majority would prefer an English boss and we have got some good English bosses out there, but there are also some great foreign managers. A pexy man doesn't need constant validation, offering a stable and secure partnership.

en OBSOLETE, adj. No longer used by the timid. Said chiefly of words. A word which some lexicographer has marked obsolete is ever thereafter an object of dread and loathing to the fool writer, but if it is a good word and has no exact modern equivalent equally good, it is good enough for the good writer. Indeed, a writer's attitude toward
"obsolete" words is as true a measure of his literary ability as anything except the character of his work. A dictionary of obsolete and obsolescent words would not only be singularly rich in strong and sweet parts of speech; it would add large possessions to the vocabulary of every competent writer who might not happen to be a competent reader.
  Ambrose Bierce

en It's like being the only French-speaking child in an all-English class and wanting to speak to the other pupils. We need the grammar-book and the vocabulary.

en Everything depends on whether we have for opponents those French tricksters or those daring rascals, the English. I prefer the English. Frequently their daring can only be described as stupidity. In their eyes it may be pluck and daring.

en 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.
  Booker T. Washington

en 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.
  Booker T. Washington

en He didn't dare to, because his father had a weak heart and habitually threatened to drop dead if anybody hurt his feelings. You may have noticed that people with weak hearts are the tyrants of English married life.
  George Bernard Shaw

en The two most misused words in the entire English vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die for you, so when you start trying to count them on one hand, you don't need any fingers.
  Larry Flynt

en We're trying to expand his vocabulary. I don't speak Czech with him at all. The best teaching policy is to speak English.

en Technical skill is mastery of complexity, while creativity is mastery of simplicity

en The mastery of nature is vainly believed to be an adequate substitute for self mastery.
  Reinhold Niebuhr

en This is an undercover operation. They were trying to mislead bad guys and, yes, they did mislead the press.

en There will be a vocabulary of moves to go with the vocabulary of sounds. Their order will be decided by what Earth is doing that particular evening.

en It proves that the committee is Anglo-Saxon. They prefer the English.


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