Academics don't normally manage to alter people's way of thinking through their strength of argument.

Language changes and moves in a different direction evolving all the time. Where a lot of people see deterioration, I see expressive development

Language has no independent existence apart from the people who use it. It is not an end in itself; it is a means to an end of understanding who you are and what society is like.

Language itself changes slowly but the internet has speeded up the process of those changes so you notice them more quickly.

Research shows that those kids who text frequently are more likely to be the most literate and the best spellers, because you have to know how to manipulate language.

At any one time language is a kaleidoscope of styles, genres and dialects.

Grammar is what gives sense to language .... sentences make words yield up their meaning. Sentences actively create sense in language. And the business of the study of sentences is grammar.

Although many texters enjoy breaking linguistic rules, they also know they need to be understood.

A feature of English that makes it different compared with all other languages is its global spread.

In effect we are, bending and breaking the rules of the language. And if someone were to ask why we do it, the answer is simply: for fun

Spellings are made by people. Dictionaries - eventually - reflect popular choices.

Inside my soul a treasure is buried.The key is mine and only mine.How right you are, you drunken monster!I know: the truth is in the wine.("The Unknown Lady")

Marriag

The sort of lad I am looking for is a kid who will nutmeg Kevin Keegan in training, then step aside him in the corridor

Circumstances will never determine your amount of happiness. Circumstances only highlight who you already are.

Sociology isthescience of talk, and there is onlyone law in sociology. Bad talk drives out good.

The people's prayer, the glad diviner's theme, The young men's vision, and the old men's dream!

The sea that calls all things unto her cals me, and I must embark.

I am not sure that any sight or sound on earth is as exquisite as the hushed descent of a sky full of snow.

I am infected with your stupidity.

When all the false self-identifications are thrown away, what remains is all-embracing love.