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Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us, not only to express our…

Quote byWilliam Cobbett · 1763–1835

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Grammar of the English Language (1818), Page 14.

English (original)

Grammar, perfectly understood, enables us, not only to express our meaning fully and clearly, but so to express it as to enable us to defy the ingenuity of man to give to our words any other meaning than that which we ourselves intend them to express.

— William Cobbett

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