When your last breath arrives,Grammar can do nothing. Adi Shankara Indian Philosopher More Adi Shankara Quotes 2
Why care for grammar as long as we are good? Artemus Ward (writer) American Writer More Artemus Ward (writer) Quotes 0
This is a dictionary for life. It's not just for looking up words. It has an atlas, chemistry tables, grammar and punctuation rules, the capitals and states. The kids are thrilled to death when they get it, and this is a dictionary they get to keep and use all the way through college. Betsy Owen More Betsy Owen Quotes 0
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 American Writer More Bill Bryson Quotes 0
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 Scottish More David Ogilvy Quotes 0
No school from grammar to college and no shopping or selling. Eduardo Sotelo More Eduardo Sotelo Quotes 0
I always knew he was no good. He was in trouble as a kid. Lying and cheating in grammar school. Frank Sullivan More Frank Sullivan Quotes 0
. . . it a great error to waste young gentlemen's years so long in learning Latin by so tedious a grammar. Gilbert Burnet More Gilbert Burnet Quotes 0
There are units in grammar, and units in vocabulary and even online where's there's audio support and video support. A great deal of this is based on visual interaction and visual memorizing. Graham Davies More Graham Davies Quotes 0
I'm using a part of my brain that I haven't used since school, learning the French grammar. Gwen Davis More Gwen Davis Quotes 0
It's always a good rivalry. They all went to grammar school with each other. It's not just bragging rights for the season. They'll be kidding each other forever. Jeff Ross More Jeff Ross Quotes 0
Good grammar develops over time, so relax and put down the red pen. Kids need to make mistakes in writing to move toward correctness. They freeze up if they think you'll pounce on every error. You want your daughters to keep writing, since this is the best way for them to develop strong usage skills. Jeff Anderson More Jeff Anderson Quotes 0
[There is an odd grammar in that sentence, which seems wrong, but is actually precise.] Close siblings were less common, ... It seemed. Kate Adie More Kate Adie Quotes 0
Many of these names on the Walk of Fame bloom larger than life. They created the grammar of cinema. Martin Scorsese Italian Film Director More Martin Scorsese Quotes 0
This grammar school boy is not going to take any lessons from a public school boy on children from less privileged backgrounds. Michael Howard More Michael Howard Quotes 0
To be loose with grammar is to be loose with the worst woman in the world. Otis C. Edwards More Otis C. Edwards Quotes 0
Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning; Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning. Oliver Goldsmith Irish Essayist More Oliver Goldsmith Quotes 0
The misconceptions about grammar posted on the 'Net are at least as bad as the misconceptions about evolution, presumably because American public schools do an equally bad job of teaching both. Raphael Carter More Raphael Carter Quotes 0
I believe that every English poet should read the English classics, master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them, travel abroad, experience the horror of sordid passion and-if he is lucky enough-know the love of an honest woman. Robert Graves More Robert Graves Quotes 0
It's all very well being a native speaker. But explaining complex grammar without training would be a nightmare. A course gives you practice. There's an obligation from schools to have professionally trained teachers, and your students expect to leave the classroom understanding what you've taught them. Sarah Wilson More Sarah Wilson Quotes 0
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 American Writer More Stephen King Quotes 0
He's a grammar fanatic. He has a grammar fetish. He's the one who corrects everybody. Steve Burtt More Steve Burtt Quotes 0
There are a lot of high schools where teachers have not put enough emphasis on grammar, punctuation and writing fundamentals. Will Sutton More Will Sutton Quotes 0