Correction

Notable quotes

“Abandoning idle chatter, he speaks at the right time, what is correct and to the point, of Dhamma and discipline. He is a speaker whose words are to be treasured, seasonable, reasoned, well-defined and connected with the goal.”
— Gautama Buddha, About Right speech in Digha Nikaya M. Walshe, trans. (1987), Sutta 1 (Brahmajala Sutta (Theravada)), verse 1.9, pp. 68-69
“If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.”
— Paraphrased as a chinese proverb stating "The beginning of wisdom is to call things by their proper name."
“Correct use is not founded on Grammar, but Grammar on correct use.”
— Richard Whately, Elements of Rhetoric (1828), Introduction, p. 17
“Where an opinion is general, it is usually correct.”
— Jane Austen, Mansfield Park, Chapter XI.

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