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"French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as wel..." — Edward Sapir
French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.
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View AllThese examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.— Edward Sapir
So far as the advocates of a constructed international language are concerned, it is rather to be wondered at how much in common their proposals actually have, both in vocabulary and in general spirit of procedure.— Edward Sapir