grammar quotes

Might, could, would – they are contemptible auxiliaries.

You could imagine a language exactly like English except it doesn’t have connectives like ‚and‘ that allow you to make longer expressions. An infant learning truncated English would have no idea about this: They would just pick it up as they would standard English.

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

You can be a little ungrammatical if you come from the right part of the country.

I don’t know if I officially proofread my father’s book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from that.

I got into trouble a while ago for saying that I thought the internet led to increased literacy – people scolded me about the shocking grammar to be found online – but I was talking about fundamentals: quite simply, you can’t use the net unless you can read.

‚I am‘ is reportedly the shortest sentence in the English language. Could it be that ‚I do‘ is the longest sentence?

Sure, women sportswriters look when they’re in the clubhouse. Read their stories. How else do you explain a capital letter in the middle of a word?

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic.

I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.