I Am Convinced That The Stratigraphic Method

The Psychology Of A Language Which, In One Way Or Another, Is Imposed Upon One Because Of Factors Beyond One's Control, Is Very Different From The Psychology Of A Language Which One Accepts Of One's Free Will.

No Important National Language, At Least In The Occidental World, Has Complete Regularity Of Grammatical Structure, Nor Is There A Single Logical Category Which Is Adequately And Consistently Handled In Terms Of Linguistic Symbolism.

Impatience Translates Itself Into A Desire To Have Something Immediate Done About It All, And, As Is Generally The Case With Impatience, Resolves Itself In The Easiest Way That Lies Ready To Hand.

A Standard International Language Should Not Only Be Simple, Regular, And Logical, But Also Rich And Creative.

A Logical Analysis Of Reflexive Usages In French Shows, However, That This Simplicity Is An Illusion And That, So Far From Helping The Foreigner, It Is More Calculated To Bother Him.