Anarchy is as detestable in grammar as it is in society.
No matter what any of the grammar teachers say, punctuation is an arbitrary matter. It should be used to make sentences clear.
Sometimes with 'The New Yorker,' they have grammar rules that just don't feel right in my mouth.
Grammar, which knows how to control even kings.
Next to the semi-colon, quotation marks seem to be the chief butts of reformatory ardor.
Punctuation is a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.
Grammar is the grave of letters.
One must regard the hyphen as a blemish to be avoided wherever possible.
Texting is very loose in its structure. No one thinks about capital letters or punctuation when one texts, but then again, do you think about those things when you talk?
With educated people, I suppose, punctuation is a matter of rule; with me it is a matter of feeling. But I must say I have a great respect for the semicolin; it's a useful little chap
Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
The censure of frequent and long parentheses has led writers into the preposterous expedient of leaving out the marks by which they are indicated. It is no cure to a lame man to take away his crutches.
Here is a lesson in writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you've been to college.
I never actually learned the rules of grammar, relying instead only on what sounded right.
I would die at the stake rather than change a semi-colon!
It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated.
