Word: grammars
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Society of Cambridge. The articles which he published from time to time dealt for the most part with elusive problems of language or literature, and always with the same intrepid precision. These publications won him high renown abroad and, by reflection, at home. A youthful product, 'A Short German Grammar...
...GRAMMAR OF POLITICS - Harold J. Laski-Yale University Press ($6). A book on the theory of politics by a man well versed in political science, who has definite ideas on the functioning of governmental institutions...
...Ferguson talked, with figures and statements supporting his argument beside him. He leaned back in his chair clasping his neck with his left hand. He has extraordinary charm. His language is rich and picturesque, his grammar all his own. 'A nigger-lipped sand-lapper,' was the description of one opponent. He described the unwillingness of politicians to leave office as, 'You cain't cut a feller offen his clabber.' His enemies, he said, 'ain't worth hating, nohow...
Another Story: "To greet this Cabinet [above], Asquith, Lloyd George and I went to Paris. . . . Asquith would not, Lloyd George could not, and I had to speak French. In French I know my vocabulary to be limited, my grammar to be imperfect, and my genders to be at the mercy of chance; further, I am told that my accent is atrocious.... When the Council was over. . .Lloyd George said to me: 'You know your French was the only French that I could understand...
...your issue of Oct. 19, under the heading LETTERS, there is a communication from a Mr. Edwards that is not very complimentary to TIME. I quote from his letter: "... why affront we Southerners. . ." The misusage of the pronoun "we" is painfully apparent to one who recalls his elementary grammar...