• The living language is like a cowpath: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay

  E. B. White
  American writer 1899-1985
  

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Subjects in these quotes:

1. themselves
2. obligation
3. undergoes
4. follow
5. depart
6. change

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The living language is like a cowpath: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay by : E. B. White

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