H. L. Mencken Quote

The plain people, hereafter as in the past, will continue to make their own language, and the best that grammarians can do is to follow after it, haltingly, and not often with much insight into it.


the American Language (ed. 1946)


The plain people, hereafter as in the past, will continue to make their own language, and the best that grammarians can do is to follow after it,...

The plain people, hereafter as in the past, will continue to make their own language, and the best that grammarians can do is to follow after it,...

The plain people, hereafter as in the past, will continue to make their own language, and the best that grammarians can do is to follow after it,...

The plain people, hereafter as in the past, will continue to make their own language, and the best that grammarians can do is to follow after it,...