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One cannot but be impressed by the amazing hospitality of the English language.

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The English language is like a fleet of juggernaut trucks that goes on regardless. No form of linguistic engineering and no amount of linguistic legislation will prevent the cycles of change that lie ahead.

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Robert Burchfield

Robert Burchfield

Born: January 27, 1923
Died: July 5, 2004 (aged 81)
Bio: Robert William Burchfield was a lexicographer, scholar, and writer, who edited the Oxford English Dictionary for thirty years to 1986, and was Chief Editor from 1971.

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