Logo
A pronoun... will aptly reflect the number of its antecedent: t

A pronoun… will aptly reflect the number of its antecedent: they does not refer to one person, no matter how many personalities she or he has, or how eager you are to skirt the gender frays. – Karen Elizabeth Gordon, “Agreements,” The Deluxe Transitive Vampire: The Ultimat

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Grammar
category

Sometimes you get a glimpse of a semicolon coming, a few lines farther on, and it is like climbing a steep path through woods and seeing a wooden bench just at a bend in the road ahead, a place where you can expect to sit for a moment, catching your breath. – Lewis Thomas

Category:
Grammar

The serial comma is sexy, smart, and useful. – Author unknown

Category:
Grammar

Grammar is politics by other means. – Donna J. Haraway, Simians, Cyborgs, and Women: The Reinvention of Nature, 1991

Category:
Grammar

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

Category:
Grammar

Random Quotes

The course of the flight up and down was exceedingly erratic, partly due to the irregularity of the air, and partly to lack of experience in handling this machine. The control of the front rudder was difficult on account of its being balanced too near the center. – Orville Wright

Category:
Experience

I think its important to travel around in order to get a notion of whats going on, to find out what people are think about. I enjoy talking on campuses most because people are more informed and discussion is generally livelier. – Harrison Salisbury

Category:
Travel

I went out there for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired me was out of town Tuesday. – Nelson Algren

Category:
Hollywood

Swimming: From the outside looking in, you can’t understand it. From the inside looking out, you can’t explain it. – Author Unknown

Category:
Swimming