Quote by Sir Winston Churchill

This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put.

This is the sort of pedantry up with which I will not put.

Summary

This quote, often attributed to Winston Churchill, highlights a frustration with excessive attention to grammatical rules. It sarcastically implies that the speaker refuses to tolerate such nit-picking. It takes a humorous stance towards the concept of linguistic strictness and suggests that there are limits to how much one is willing to tolerate when it comes to matters of grammar and style.

By Sir Winston Churchill

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