"GRAMMAR, n. A system of pitfalls thoughtfully prepared for the feet for the self-made man, along the path by which he…"

"Grammar is often a generic way of referring to any aspect of English that people object to."

"Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us, not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but so to express it as…"

"If all commas were in the right place, Shanghai would not be burning."

"I learned how important grammar is, that part of the understanding process is grammatical. That’s how I taught myself…"

"Ego sum rex Romanus, et supra grammaticam."

"the errors of Grammarians have arisen from supposing all words to be immediately either the signs of things or the si…"

"I am not yet so lost in lexicography, as to forget that words are the daughters of earth, and that things are the son…"

"In a certain sense lexicography may be considered a superior discipline to lexicology, for results are more important…"

"Editing a dictionary isn’t like editing any other book or magazine," the professor pointed out. "It’s a peculiar worl…"