Grammar is not a time of waste

Grammar is not a time of waste

No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.

No iron can pierce the heart with such force as a period put just at the right place.

Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest.

Those that will combat use and custom by the strict rules of grammar do but jest.

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

At painful times, when composition is impossible and reading is not enough, grammars and dictionaries are excellent for distraction.

Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect

Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: You find the present tense and the past perfect

Grammar is the grave of letters

Grammar is the grave of letters

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

It is well to remember that grammar is common speech formulated

Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.

Grammar is the logic of speech, even as logic is the grammar of reason.

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.

I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.