Robert Burchfield Quotes:
Ocupation: Lexicographer
Life: January 27, 1923 - July 5, 2004
Birthday: January 27
Death: July 5
I believe it is imperative to see modern English grammar as a rich and diverse linguistic system deposited on our [England's] shores 1,500 years ago, and left with us unweakened, though substantially changed by the social and political events of the intervening period.
topic: Believe, Years, Political, Intervening, Modern English, English Grammar
