English is the largest of human tongues, with several times the vocabulary of the second largest language -- this alone made it inevitable that English would eventually become, as it did, the lingua franca of this planet, for it is thereby the richest and most flexible -- despite its barbaric accretions . . . or, I should say, because of its barbaric accretions. English swallows up anything that comes its way, makes English out of it.
Quotes about accretions (4 Quotes)
All myths that are something more than fancies gain rather than lose in value with time, by reason of the accretions of human experience.
(Common law) stands as a monument slowly raised, like a coral reef, from the minute accretions of past individuals, of whom each built upon the relics which his predecessors left, and in his turn left a foundation upon which his successors might work
A stock buyback is a risk-free way of ensuring earnings accretions. As long as borrowed funds remain cheap, as they have for some time, it's also an inexpensive way to boost one's earnings per share.