Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
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)