French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.
From Edward Sapir
I am convinced that the stratigraphic method will in the future enable archaeology to throw far more light on the history of American culture than it has done in the past.
Impatience translates itself into a desire to have something immediate done about it all, and, as is generally the case with impatience, resolves itself in the easiest way that lies ready to hand.
In a sense, every form of expression is imposed upon one by social factors, one's own language above all.
It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.
One of the glories of English simplicity is the possibility of using the same word as noun and verb.
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