Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Otto Jespersen
Born: July 16, 1860
Died: April 30, 1943 (aged 82)
Bio: Jens Otto Harry Jespersen or Otto Jespersen was a Danish linguist who specialized in the grammar of the English language.
Known for:
- The Philosophy of Grammar (1924)
- Language: Its Nature, Development and Origin (1922)
- Growth and Structure of the English Language (1905)
- Analytic syntax (1937)