Shakespeare's contribution to English

Hopefully some readers are enjoying their Shakespeare education. If you think some of the quotes sound cliché, the thing to remember is that it was actually Shakespeare who coined them. You can scroll down at this link to see just some of the many phrases and words that Shakespeare invented . Here is a sample (I went to a wedding last Friday afternoon and was seated next to a fellow who, as it turned out, is acting in a Shakespeare play, and he showed me this on his phone).