Classy Quote logo
  • Home
  • Categories
  • Authors
  • Topics
  • Who said

Grammar Nazis Quotes

Grammar Nazis quote from classy quote

Is language actually getting better, shorter, and easier? Nowadays we often hear exactly the opposite. Teenager slang is awful, students no longer learn Latin, our children — not to mention our president — cannot put together a grammatical sentence. The whimsical poet Ogden Nash was at least half serious in his “Laments for a dying language”:Coin brassy words at will, debase the coinage;We're in an if-you-cannot-lick-them-join age, A slovenliness-provides-its-own-excuse age, Where usage overnight condones misusage. Farewell, farewell to my beloved language,Once English, now a vile orangutanguage.

~ Charles Yang

Charles Yang Grammar Nazis Language Language Snobs

Language guardians have often blamed linguists as defenders of bad language: moral and cultural relativism is often tossed in at no extra charge. We as a profession are supposedly promoting the idea that anything goes in grammar... But no, we have never said anything goes in grammar. (...) When it comes to the proper use of language, universal grammar is the ultimate authority. It is not about what rules are deemed reasonable or popular; it is about what rules are true. And one sign for a true rule is that it appears in young children, long before they are polluted by dubious grammatical advice.

~ Charles Yang

Charles Yang Grammar Nazis Language Universal Grammar

Autocorrect: making Twitter pedants delete and re-tweet since 2007.

~ Cassandra Page

Cassandra Page Autocorrect Grammar Nazis Pedant Pedantic Social Media Twitter

Those who can, do; those who can't, teach; those who can't teach, police grammar on the Internet.

~ Ruadhán J. Mcelroy

Ruadhán J. Mcelroy Blog Grammar Grammar Humor Grammar Nazis Humour Internet
  • Classy Quote

    ClassyQuote has been providing 500000+ famous quotes from 40000+ popular authors to our worldwide community.

  • Other Pages

    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
  • Our Products

    • Chrome Extention
    • Microsoft Edge Add-on
  • Follow Us

    • Facebook
    • Instagram
Copyright © 2025 ClassyQuote. All rights reserved.