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Usage is the best language teacher Picture Quote #1
It’s difficult for me to feel that a solid page without the breakups of paragraphs can be interesting. I break mine up perhaps sooner than I should in terms of the usage of the English language Picture Quote #1
If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better Picture Quote #1
People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time Picture Quote #1
Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual Picture Quote #1
My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of language, etc Picture Quote #1
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Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines Picture Quote #1
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Usage is the best language teacher  (Language Usage Quotes) It’s difficult for me to feel that a solid page without the breakups of paragraphs can be interesting. I break mine up perhaps sooner than I should in terms of the usage of the English language.  (Language Usage Quotes) If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do know better  (Language Usage Quotes) People are under the impression that dictionaries legislate language. What a dictionary does is keep track of usages over time  (Language Usage Quotes) Language pedants hew to an oral tradition of shibboleths that have no basis in logic or style, that have been defied by great writers for centuries, and that have been disavowed by every thoughtful usage manual  (Language Usage Quotes) My suggestion is that at each state the proper order of operation of the mind requires an overall grasp of what is generally known, not only in formal logical, mathematical terms, but also intuitively, in images, feelings, poetic usage of language, etc  (Language Usage Quotes) Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines  (Language Usage Quotes)