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English language
«The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.»
«If the English language made any sense, lackadaisical would have something to do with a shortage of flowers.»
Author: Doug Larson
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Language
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English language, lackadaisical, shortage, the English
«Not only does the English Language borrow words from other languages, it sometimes chases them down dark alleys, hits them over the head, and goes through their pockets»
Author: Eddy Peters
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Language,
Words
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alleys, borrow, chases, English, English language, Head down, hits, languages, Other languages, pockets, the English
«More has been screwed up on the battlefield and misunderstood in the Pentagon because of a lack of understanding of the English language than any other single factor.»
Author: Gen John W. Vessey, Jr.
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battlefield, battlefields, English language, factor, misunderstood, Pentagon, screwed, the English, The Pentagon, up on
«Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language»
Author: Henry James
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Beauty,
Language,
Words
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afternoon, English, English language, summer, summers, the English
«My God! The English language is a form of communication! Conversation isn't just crossfire where you shoot and get shot at! Where you've got to duck for your life and aim to kill! Words aren't only bombs and bullets / no, they're little gifts, containing meanings!»
Author: Philip Roth
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bombed, bombing, bombs, bullets, communication, containing, conversation, crossfire, duck, English, English language, gifts, meanings, shoot, shot, the English
«My opposition [To Interviews] lies in the fact that offhand answers have little value or grace of expression, and that such oral give and take helps to perpetuate the decline of the English language.»
Author: James Thurber
(Writer)
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decline, English language, give and take, interviewed, interviewing, interviews, off-hand, offhand, opposition, oral, perpetuate, perpetuated, perpetuating, The Decline, the English, The Interview