Polysyllables obfuscate a preponderant ignorance with so much more style and panache. John Patrick Lowrie, Dancing With Eternity
In a language as idiomatically stressed as English, opportunities for misreadings are bound to arise. By a mere backward movement…
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse…
"I guess that isn't the right word," she said. She was used to apologizing for her use of language. She…
Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall. Joseph Conrad
You have many flaws, he announced... “But there was one flaw that made all the other imperfections pale in comparison.”…
Dearest creature in creation, Study English pronunciation. I will teach you in my verse Sounds like corpse, corps, horse, and…
Its very variety, subtlety, and utterly irrational, idiomatic complexity makes it possible to say things in English which simply cannot…
In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a…
Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first prize in the lottery of life. Cecil Rhodes (attributed).