Fashion is custom in the guise of departure from custom

One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.

No important national language, at least in the Occidental world, has complete regularity of grammatical structure, nor is there a single logical category which is adequately and consistently handled in terms of linguistic symbolism.

A firm, for instance, that does business in many countries of the world is driven to spend an enormous amount of time, labour, and money in providing for translation services.

A standard international language should not only be simple, regular, and logical, but also rich and creative.

In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.

Comparison of statements made at different periods frequently enable us to give maximal and minimal dates to the appearance of a cultural element or to assign the time limits to a movement of population.