“I still have a hard time saying who Johnny [ Cash ] is in one sentence. He seemed so contradictory in his actions, and I think that's probably what is most fascinating about him and what made him such an interesting character to study.” ThinkingMadeStillsHardCharacterActionInterestingStudySentencesHard TimesFascinatingCashContradictoryInteresting CharactersOne Sentence Author:Joaquin Phoenix
“Syntax is the study of the principles and processes by which sentences are constructed in particular languages. Syntactic investigation of a given language has as its goal the construction of a grammar that can be viewed as a device of some sort for producing the sentences of the language under analysis.” LanguageGivenProcessGoalPrinciplesStudyParticularSentencesAnalysisDevicesConstructionInvestigationGrammarLinguisticsSyntax Book:Syntactic Structures Source: Syntactic Structures
“A schoolchild should be taught grammar - for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an English sentence, the child can then go forth and speak and write any damn way he pleases.” WayShouldWritingChildrenReasonSpeakStudyMysteryStudentsTaughtPleaseExcitingSentencesMedicalDamnGrammarAnatomy Book:In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers Source: In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers