Where strictness of grammar does not weaken expression, it should be a…

Thomas Jefferson
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Where strictness of grammar does not weaken expression, it should be attended to. . . . But where, by small grammatical negligences, the energy of an idea is condensed, or a word stands for a sentence, I hold grammatical rigor in contempt. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: 1799-1803, p.321, Cosimo, Inc.
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