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The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
The English have no respect for their language, and will not teach their children to speak it.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
Pedantry consists in the use of words unsuitable to the time,
place, and company.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
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Language is a city to the building of which every human being
brought a stone.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson,
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Language is a mixture of statement and evocation.
Fie, fie upon her!
There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
Nay, her foot speaks. read more
Fie, fie upon her!
There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip;
Nay, her foot speaks. Her wanton spirits look out
At every joint and motive of her body.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
No language is rude that can boast polite writers.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Spoken language is merely a series of squeaks.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Language is a city to the building of which every human being brought a stone.
Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.
Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.
