“Nobody ever made a grammatical error in a non-literate society.”
Source: The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 271
“There were grammatical errors even in his silence.”
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Stanisław Jerzy Lec
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Unkempt Thoughts
Nawet w jego milczeniu były błędy językowe.
Variant translation: Even in his silence were grammatical errors.
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
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Nawet w jego milczeniu były błędy językowe.
Unkempt Thoughts (1957)
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