Sentence examples for rules for speaking from inspiring English sources

The rules for speaking in the 31 member Texas Senate are strict.

In 1862, when prescriptive grammar ruled, Thoreau wrote: "When I read some of the rules for speaking and writing the English language correctly … I think – Any fool can make a rule And every fool will mind it".

Commonsense rules for speaking are pinned up around the school, urging pupils to mind their slang and reject double negatives.

A former Fresno State volleyball coach was awarded $5.85 million yesterday by a jury that ruled the university discriminated against her for speaking up on behalf of female athletes.The coach, Lindy Vivas, 50, was fired in 2004, two years after coaching her team to its best season in history.

"I am a private person, with a rule of speaking to the press only for professional reasons," she told me.

The Senate ruled that Antistius, a praetor, should be put to death for speaking ill of Nero at a party.

It said Broadus and a Binghamton assistant coach, Marc Hsu, broke N.C.A.A. rules by speaking for 10 minutes to two recruits, Michael Glenn and Antoine Myers, at Notre Dame Prep in Fitchburg, Mass.

There is no indication that Mr. Plouffe violated rules by speaking for the company, but doing so in December 2010 just weeks before joining Mr. Obama's White House staff could raise questions about the timing and give ammunition to adversaries in a tight re-election campaign.

DAVE BRUCE Hoboken, N.J., May 24, 2009 You write, "The Times has not been abiding by all its rules on speaking fees for years".

But the incident highlighted a larger issue: The Times has not been abiding by all its rules on speaking fees for years.

Though Mr. Bush once chastised Mr. Gore for breaking the rules and speaking out of turn, it was when the candidates stepped outside the lines that the debate came to life.