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>> No.19511037
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>>19511027
Jumbo Juice

>> No.19511049

>>19511037
How about William Gass and Edward Gibbon?

>> No.19511050

>>19511027
me desu

>> No.19512150

>>19511027
John Milton is quite skilled with the English language

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>>19512150
*blocks your path*

>> No.19512165

>>19511027
Keep in mind that English grammar/syntax was not formalized until pretty recently.

>> No.19512170

>>19511049
Gibbon is quite nice. His chapter on byzantine law is delightful

>> No.19512174

>>19512158
His job was to look at every mainstream opinion at the time and disagree with it. Who cares what he thinks.

Nigga got some poetry that slaps thoe frfr

>> No.19512176

>>19511027
English has no syntactic theory. It is a pidgin

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Read this book.

>> No.19512375

>>19511027
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse.

>> No.19512395

>>19512176
Nice college freshman tier comment, anon! Very helpful!