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Let me just acknowlege that the function of grammar is to make language as efficent and clear and transparent as possible. But if we’re all constantly correcting each other’s grammar and being really snotty about it, then people stop talking because they start to be petrified that they’re going to make some sort of terrible grammatical error and that’s precisely the opposite of what grammar is supposed to do, which is to facilitate clear communication.


John Green


#correcting #function #grammar #grammar-nazi #vlogbrothers

If we ask a vague question, such as, 'What is poetry?' we expect a vague answer, such as, 'Poetry is the music of words,' or 'Poetry is the linguistic correction of disorder.'


A. R. Ammons


#ask #correction #disorder #expect #linguistic

Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.


Jane Austen


#general #opinion #usually #where

Brevity and conciseness are the parents of correction.


Hosea Ballou


#correction #parents

I saw Islam as the correct way to live, and I chose to try to live that way.


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


#correct #i #islam #live #saw

I got all A's and was hated for it; I spoke correctly and was called a punk.


Kareem Abdul-Jabbar


#correctly #got #hated #i #punk

I think the real problem is that nobody buys albums anymore, so you don't get the depth of the artists that are out today. What you get is whatever they felt is politically correct to get on there and actually make some impact. I think that's where you're losing your depth. You're only getting the very top of everything. It really bothers me.


Gary Allan


#albums #anymore #artists #bothers #buys

I think political correctness is a moving line.


Clive Anderson


#i #i think #line #moving #political

If a speculator is correct half of the time, he is hitting a good average. Even being right 3 or 4 times out of 10 should yield a person a fortune if he has the sense to cut his losses quickly on the ventures where he is wrong.


Bernard Baruch


#being #correct #cut #even #fortune

There is such a desire to give everybody a piece, we're probably wasting a great deal of homeland security money trying to be politically correct, when we really need to make sure that our cities get the money they need.


Shelley Berkley


#correct #deal #desire #everybody #get






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