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Originally posted by ChuckElias
Came across this quote today.
"Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression."
-- Amos Bronson Alcott
Juulie, cheer me up?
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So who the heck is Amos Bronson Alcott, and what does he know, anyway? C.S. Lewis was a philologist, which isn't quite grammatical studies, but it's close. I'd guess that "devotees of grammatical studies" have made huge contributions to the work of the Wycliffe Bible Translation teams. "Felicities of expression" aren't the only value in language study. Precision and comprehension are worthy goals in working with language, and those certainly cant be obtained without some acumen with grammatical study.
Does that feel a little better?