Grammar Quotes
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.
It is only in grammar that the mighty can be bound by rules made by the humble
Since the age of fifteen poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or performed any relationship that seemed inconsistent with poetic principles
Since the age of fifteen poetry has been my ruling passion and I have never intentionally undertaken any task or formed any relationship that seemed inconsistent with poetic principles
An imperfect creative expression is much more sensible and creative than a grammatically perfect expression without an iota of sense and value in it.
Every language has a grammar, a set of rules that govern usage and meaning, and literary language is no different. It’s all more or less arbitrary of course, just like language itself.
...why, when people write words do they capitalize “I”? Why not capitalize “You” too? For You are as important as I am. It’s hard for me to understand the human ways.
Write like you speak with the 'rhythms of human speech, ' as William Zinsser said, and in as few words as possible. Use action verbs to carry water.
Those extra letters dangling at the ends of words are the genitalia of grammar.
The bridge between the words glamour and grammar is magic. According to the OED, glamour evolved through an ancient association between learning and enchantment.
If the components of the body were organs and veins and cells, then the components of thought and language were words and grammar.
Evolution did not design us to believe only true facts, nor to buy only useful products, nor to say only meaningful sentences
Despite centuries of English literature, the most famous split infinitive in all of history comes from Star Trek.
I escape disaster by writing a poem with a joke in it:The past, present, and future walk into a bar—it was tense.
Was it too much to expect the rest of the world to care about grammar or pay attention to details?
Grammarians make no new thoughts, but thoughts make new grammar.
Whenever I write a paragraph in English, I first check it with the Google Translator, and most often it says no language detected.
Thou shalt not use the 140 characters limit as an excuse for bad grammar and/or incorrect spelling.
Being skilled in Catsism is like being a ninja only deadlier and not so silent. The only bad thing is the sickening grammar you have to use.
A woman who is praying and a woman who is having fun, they both say " Oh My God", the only difference is how they pronounce it.
Yes I am aware of the rules. Yes I can totally see how I err the Queen.Yes it is this very fact of slaying her language.That gives my soul its melodies.
Grammar perfect books are for Ivy Leaguers in Ivory Towers. My book is a sandcastle built on the beach of usefullness.
Books in the YA genre, in particular, should use proper grammar because they're more of an example to young people than adults books are.
Apparently, my hopes, dreams and aspirations were no match against my poor spelling, punctuation and grammar.
A man's grammar, like Caesar's wife, should not only be pure, but above suspicion of impurity.
You are an author! You will be a published author. Take pride in that, and present only your best work. Then, continue to improve, so your best gets even better.
It's good netiquette to judge others by the the intent of their words not content of characters. NetworkEtiquette.net
If rhetoric study was the military, grammar teachers would be the drill sergeants.
