Quotes About Vocabulary

her only comfort was to curse each searing day with a creative lexicon she didn't know she possessed.

was never told off for speaking her mind, although she was told off for swearing because she needed to develop her vocabulary (Yazz, say you find Marissa unpleasant or unlikeable rather than describing her as a shit-faced smelly bottom) and although she didn't always get what she wanted, if she argued her case strongly enough, she was in with a chance Amma wanted her daughter to be free, feminist and powerful

Betty G. Birney

By the time they are 4 years old, children from poor families have heard 32 million fewer words than children with professional parents.

Reading the dictionary helps me express myself better. I can spend hours flicking through a thesaurus, too. It's not about expanding my vocabulary, it's just that I have a very specific taste with words. I'll sit and write lists of them to help me better describe my life.

Those who prefer their English sloppy have only themselves to thank if the advertisement writer uses his mastery of the vocabulary and syntax to mislead their weak minds.

An excellent habit to cultivate is the analytical study of the King James Bible. For simple yet rich and forceful English, this masterly production is hard to equal; and even though its Saxon vocabulary and poetic rhythm be unsuited to general composition, it is an invaluable model for writers on quaint or imaginative themes.

A writer is defined by the language in which he writes, and I would stick to that definition.

My happiness project was both. I wanted to perfect my character, but given my nature, that would probably involve charts, deliverables, to-do lists, new vocabulary terms, and compulsive note taking.

Hazte patas de gallo Empecemos por la primera impresión que causas. Hay cuatro factores que contribuyen a que sea buena: tu sonrisa, tu vestimenta, tu apretón de manos y tu vocabulario. Ante todo, sonríe. ¿Qué cuesta sonreír?

sesquipedalian

Wow." "You've got quite the vocabulary." "Never use a big word when a small one will suffice." "I could make a crack here, but I won't.

I'm learning English at the moment. I can say 'Big Ben', 'Hello Rodney', 'Tower Bridge' and 'Loo'.

The way that words fit together is always interesting to me. I love words.

Who climbs the grammar-tree, distinctly knows Where noun, and verb, and participle grows.

As vocabulary is reduced , so are the number of feelings you can express, the number of events you can describe, the number of the things you can identify! Not only understanding is limited, but also experience. Man grows by language. Whenever he limits language he retrogresses!

He uses language that would make your hair curl.

It's a language I've come to hate, because it admits no mystery and no ambiguity into its smug vocabulary, which arrogantly suggests that everything can be known.

we can't escape the erotic vocabulary of our culture any more than we can escape language itself.

we imagine ourselves as the other person will see us, mirroring our own desire in them, and most of what we do is borrowed from a vocabulary of familiar images.

If you love language, it will love you back.

It's fun to read things when you don't know all the words. Even children love it... they come up against weird words, and the weird words excite them.

Did you know there are thirty-two names for love in one of the Eskimo languages?" August said. "And we just have this one. We are so limited, you have to use the same word.

I never met a word I didn't love