Quote of the day
Good authors, too, who once knew better words
Now only use four-letter words
Writing prose —
Anything goes.
Charles Kay Ogden
Born: June 1, 1889
Died: March 20, 1957 (aged 67)
Bio: Charles Kay Ogden was an English linguist, philosopher, and writer.
Known for:
- The Meaning of Meaning (1923)
- Bentham's Theory of Fictions (1932)
- The foundations of aesthetics (1922)
- General Basic English Dictionary (1940)
- From Bentham to Basic English