Writers in what we now call the Middle English period (late twelfth century to 1485) did not necessarily always write in English. The language was in a state of flux: attempts were made to assert the French language, to keep down the local language, ...
English poetry begins whenever we decide to say the modern English language begins, and it extends as far as we decide to say that the English language extends.
I was also in love with the English language.
The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their ...
The English language is nobody's special property. It is the property of the imagination: it is the property of the language itself.
I really want to adopt a child... I want to be called 'Mom.' It really is the most beautiful word in the English language.
English language is the most universal language in history, way more than the Latin of Julius Caesar. It's the most punderful language because its vocabulary has a certain critical mass that makes a lingo good for punning.
I don't hate language. I have my own language, but I also enjoy the English language. Obviously, you don't read a lot of literature and not care about language.
I've made a dog's breakfast of English history, geography, 'King Lear,' and the English language in general.
Particularly for English people, Shakespeare is always at the forefront of both drama and the English language. He's always been there. I can't remember starting school and not learning about him.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
My least favorite phrase in the English language is 'I don't care.'
Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.
I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English speech seems to work effortlessly with William Shakespeare, but when Americans do it, something s...
Regret; The saddest word in the English language.
Between 1910 and 1950 approximately 350 lives of Jesus were published in the English language alone.
There were not words enough in the English language, nor in any language, to make his attitude and conduct intelligible to them.
Ah! The English language was a wonderful thing! You could always find the right word. He only wished he could speak the language.
I come from not just a household but a country where the finesse of language, well-balanced sentence, structure, syntax, these things are driven into us, and my parents, bless them, are great custodians of the English language.
The top 10 verbs in the English language are all irregular, even though irregular verbs make up only 3 per cent of the language.
If only…the saddest words in the English language.
