Quote by Mark Twain
Damn the subjunctive. It brings all our writers to shame. - Mark T

Damn the subjunctive. It brings all our writers to shame. – Mark Twain

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We do not deal much in facts when we are contemplating ourselves. – Mark Twain

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No one can write perfect English and keep it up through a stretch of ten chapters. It has never been done. – Mark Twain

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Shatner commas: Oddly placed commas that don’t seem to serve any actual purpose in punctuation, but make it look like you should take odd pauses, as William Shatner does when delivering lines. – Author unknown

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Spel chekers, hoo neeeds em? – Alan James Bean

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Mr Speaker, I said the honourable Member was a liar it is true and I am sorry for it. The honourable Member may place the punctuation where he pleases. – Attributed to Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), responding to a rebuk

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