Re: History of French

From: Peter T. Daniels (grammatim_at_worldnet.att.net)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 20:38:34 GMT

Mxsmanic wrote:
>
> Ruud Harmsen writes:
>
> > I don't think so. Any four year old child already has complete
> > command, including all the subtle details only native speakers can
> > fully appreciate, of its own native language.
>
> Completely false. Most children are still making serious mistakes in
> their native languages even at age ten. Many people never fully master
> their native languages.

That is an oxymoron.

> > Two senses of "grammar" are getting intermigled here:
> > 1) What any native knows and applies automatically
> > 2) Studying that grammar in hindsight, and teaching the results of
> > such studies.
>
> They are one and the same, but seen from different viewpoints.

That is bull***. 

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Peter T. Daniels                       grammatim@att.net
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