And, being adaptable, she picked up a smattering of manners and of grammatical speech; only a smattering, but all she cared to acquire.
"Superwomen"
Albert Payson Terhune
Between any of the European languages and Japanese there is no visible kinship in word-form, significance, grammatical system, rhetorical arrangements.
"Botchan (Master Darling)"
Mr. Kin-nosuke Natsume, trans. by Yasotaro Morri
The theory about the common exclusive grammatical structure of all the American languages, is equally erroneous and based upon partial facts.
"The American Nations, Vol. I."
C. S. Rafinesque