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H.W. Fowler1 quote
The English speaking world may be divided into (1) those who neither know nor care what a split infinitive is; (2) those who do not know, but care very much; (3) those who know and condemn; (4) those who know and approve; (5) those who know and distinguish. Those who neither know nor care are the vast majority and are a happy folk, to be envied by the most of the minority classes. — H.W. Fowler · 1926Mark Twain1 quote
There is no such thing as "the Queen's English." The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares! — Mark Twain · 1897Thomas Babington Macaulay1 quote
The English Bible,— a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. — Thomas Babington Macaulay · 1828