Quotes about Grammar

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I was a little excited but mostly blorft. "Blorft" is an adjective I just made up that means 'Completely overwhelmed but — Tina Fey, Bossypants
It is very useful, when one is young, to learn the difference between "literally" and "figuratively." If something happe — Lemony Snicket, The Bad Beginning
His sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action. — Jennifer Crusie, Charlie All Night
One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of becoming your own father or mother. There is no prob — Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
The greater part of the world's troubles are due to questions of grammar. — Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We — James D. Nicoll
I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo — Roman Payne
If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them — Dorothy Parker
Glenn used to say the reason you can't really imagine yourself being dead was that as soon as you say, 'I'll be dead,' y — Margaret Atwood, The Year of the Flood
Never use abstract nouns when concrete ones will do. If you mean “More people died” don’t say “Mortality rose. — C.S. Lewis, Letters to Children
Some writers write to forget. Some forget to write. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one. — Baltasar Gracián
Man, wow, there's so many things to do, so many things to write! How to even begin to get it all down and without modifi — Jack Kerouac, On the Road
Not long ago, I advertised for perverse rules of grammar, along the lines of "Remember to never split an infinitive" and — William Safire, Fumblerules: A Lighthearted Guide to Grammar and Good Usage
Which is him?" The grammar was faulty, maybe, but we could not know, then, that it would go in a book someday. — Mark Twain, Roughing It
It never ceases to amaze me how prosaic, pedestrian, unimaginative people can persistently pontificate about classical g — Abbe Diaz
I can't think why fancy religions should have such a ghastly effect on one's grammar. It's a kind of intellectual rot th — Dorothy L. Sayers
Metaphors: knowledge existing in several states and without contradiction — G. Willow Wilson, Alif the Unseen
Most often when I stammerThat's my brainCorrecting my grammer. — Joyce Rachelle
And while we're on the subject of ducks, which we plainly are, the story, 'The Ugly Duckling' ought be banned as the cen — Russell Brand, My Booky Wook