Quotes for All
Grammar and logic free language from being at the mercy of the tone of voice. Grammar protects us against misunderstanding the sound of an uttered name; logic protects us against what we say have double meaning. Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
Mathematics is as little a science as grammar is a language. Ernst Mayr
It is possible to produce something that is grammatical either by chance or under the supervision of another. To be proficient in grammar, then, one must both produce what is grammatical and produce it grammatically, that is, in accord with knowledge of grammar in oneself. Ernest Sosa
My attitude toward punctuation is that it ought to be as conventional as possible. The game of golf would lose a good deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. You ought to be able to show that you can do it a good deal better than anyone else with … Read more
I really like grammar. And spelling. I was a spelling-bee kid. I’m hard-core about grammar. Emma Stone
Begin my studies with the paper and this pencil and i’m working through the grammar of my fears. Emily Saliers
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. Elsie de Wolfe
At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction. Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Grammar is the grave of letters. Elbert Hubbard
Were a language ever completely \”grammatical\” it would be a perfect engine of conceptual expression. Unfortunately, or luckily, no language is tyrannically consistent. All grammars leak. Edward Sapir