15 Syntax Quotes for You to Enjoy

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. Dorothy L. Sayers

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We're talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every attempt means starting over with language. starting over with accuracy. Anne Carson

The first phase of C was - really, it was two phases in short succession of, first, some language changes from B, really adding the type structure without too much change in the syntax, and doing the compiler. The second phase was slower; it all took place within a very few years, but it was a bit slower, so it seemed. Dennis Ritchie

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I want to prove you don't need to have academic syntax to be intelligent. Eddie Huang

You Syntax Academic Prove Intelligent Want Need

Syntax, my lad. It has been restored to the highest place in the republic. John Steinbeck

Syntax Has-Been Restored Highest Been Lad Place Republic

When you translate poetry in particular, you're obliged to look at how the writer with whom you're working puts together words, sentences, phrases, the triple tension between the line of verse, the syntax and the sentence. Marilyn Hacker

With 'Scratch,' you create computer programs by snapping together graphical programming blocks, much like LEGO bricks, without any of the obscure syntax and punctuation of traditional programming languages. After creating an interactive 'Scratch' project, you can share it on the 'Scratch' website, just as you would share videos on YouTube. Mitchel Resnick

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When I'm actually writing by hand, I get more of a sense of the rhythm of sentences, of syntax. The switch to the computer is when I actually start thinking about lines. That's the workhorse part. At that point, I'm being more mathematical about putting the poem on the page and less intuitive about the rhythm of the syntax. Natasha Trethewey

Writing Sense Thinking Syntax Intuitive About Poem More Point Computer Part Putting Lines Mathematical Hand Get Being Rhythm Sentences Page Less Switch Actually Start

I think there is no future whatsoever in 3D. It does nothing to the grammar and syntax or vocabulary of cinema. And you get fed up with it in exactly 3 minutes. Peter Greenaway

Future You Cinema Nothing Think Syntax Exactly Minutes No Future Vocabulary Fed Fed Up Does Up Get Whatsoever Grammar

I did an audiobook for 'Rough Crossings,' which I thought was one of the best books I had published. But it was an absolute embarrassment to read it. All these horrible mucked-up bits of syntax, over-the-top adjectives. I found myself editing it while reading. Alert listeners will notice the difference. Simon Schama

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Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.' Terry Eagleton

Learning the Italian was tough. I tried to really come at from a purist perspective, really learn the grammar, syntax and conjugations. Timothee Chalamet

Learning Perspective Tough Syntax Tried Come Learn Italian Grammar Really

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