Orville Prescott, in a 1942 review in The New York Times of "Night Shift," Ms. Wolff's second book, called her feel for the American language phenomenal.
She obviously had a feel for language, the same way Novak Djokovic and Ana Ivanovic, her two Serbian compatriots, did.
Janice Anderson is a deeply religious retiree with a vivid feel for language and a youthful glow.
Pushkin did not excel at school, but from the earliest age he had a feel for language which was quite exceptional.
"I've bought it — and threw away the receipt — since Rex got here," said Siona Pouha, a defensive lineman with a feel for language.
George Carlin, who died two weeks ago at 71, was a social satirist in comedian's clothing with a great feel for language, both fair and foul.
"Healey has a wonderful feel for language, and Elizabeth's state of mind allows her to describe mundane details with intricacy and emotional depth," wrote Viv Groskop.
But writers can perfectly well have native ability, a feel for language, an inventiveness and a keen eye towards the world and still not quite understand how they can do something well, not once, but repeatedly.
This is the tone of Landmarks – generous, sensitive, yielding always to the words of others even while Macfarlane's own exquisite feel for language and its inferences carry us along.
Randall Jarrell once said of Hutchinson's eminent predecessor, "Only a man with the most extraordinary feel for language, or none whatsoever, could have cooked up Whitman's worst messes".
