Quotes: Grammar
(grammarians and non-grammarians: beware)
grammar
1. The study of a language that deals with its inflexional forms or other means of indicating the relations of words in the sentence, and with the rules for employing these in accordance with established usage; usually including also the department that deals with the phonetic system of the language and the principles of its representation in writing.
2. An individual's manner of using grammatical forms; speech or writing judged as good or bad according to its conformity to or violations of the grammatical rules of a language; also speech or writing that is correct according to those rules.
3. The phenomena that form the subject-matter of grammar; the system of inflexions and syntactical usages characteristic of a language.
4. The study of a language that deals with its inflexional forms or other means of indicating the relations of words in a sentence, and with the rules for employing these in accordance with established usage; usually also including the department that deals with the phonetic system of the language and the principles of its representation in writing.
5. An individual’s manner of using grammatical forms; speech or writing judged as good or bad according to its conformity to or violations of the grammatical rules of a language; also speech or writing that is "correct" according to those rules.
6. The phenomena that form the subject-matter of grammar; the system of inflexions and syntactical usages characteristic of a language.
2. An individual's manner of using grammatical forms; speech or writing judged as good or bad according to its conformity to or violations of the grammatical rules of a language; also speech or writing that is correct according to those rules.
3. The phenomena that form the subject-matter of grammar; the system of inflexions and syntactical usages characteristic of a language.
4. The study of a language that deals with its inflexional forms or other means of indicating the relations of words in a sentence, and with the rules for employing these in accordance with established usage; usually also including the department that deals with the phonetic system of the language and the principles of its representation in writing.
5. An individual’s manner of using grammatical forms; speech or writing judged as good or bad according to its conformity to or violations of the grammatical rules of a language; also speech or writing that is "correct" according to those rules.
6. The phenomena that form the subject-matter of grammar; the system of inflexions and syntactical usages characteristic of a language.
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
grammarian
1. Someone who is versed in the knowledge of grammar, or of language generally; a philologist; often signifying also a writer about, or a teacher of grammar who teaches the rules setting forth the current standard of usage for teaching or reference purposes..
2. Someone who is very skilled in grammar or a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax; such as, a set of rules that describe the structure of a language and control the way that sentences are formed.
3. A writer on grammar, especially someone who espouses (gives one's loyalty or support to) or advocates prescriptive rules.
2. Someone who is very skilled in grammar or a linguist who specializes in the study of grammar and syntax; such as, a set of rules that describe the structure of a language and control the way that sentences are formed.
3. A writer on grammar, especially someone who espouses (gives one's loyalty or support to) or advocates prescriptive rules.
Quotations
Winston Churchill was editing a proof of one of his books, when he noticed that an editor had clumsily rearranged one of Churchill’s sentences so that it wouldn’t end with a preposition. Churchill scribbled in the margin, “This is the sort of English up with which I will not put.” (This is also often quoted with “arrant nonsense” substituted for “English”, or with other variations).
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