. . . the fact that [English] has shed most of the old grammatical forms which time has rendered useless and scarcely intelligible, has made English a model, pointing the way which must be followed in building the Interlanguage. . .
Source: Delphos, Ch. 5, 1926.
-- Sylvia Pankhurst, (Jan 18 1882-1960), English suffragist; She launched, with her daughters, the British feminist movement; forerunner of the US version; won women's voting rights, 1918.