Re: History of French

From: Ruud Harmsen (realemailseesite01_at_rudhar.com)
Date: 09/21/04 

Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 23:03:11 +0200

21 Sep 2004 20:42:47 GMT: chergarj@cs.comhaho (Chergarj): in sci.lang:

>In this set of messages on History of French, we have seen comments on many
>things, including accents and grammar.
>
>Is it reasonable enough to say that grammar is built into a persons natural
>language behavior so that the native speaker projects what he says with
>(usually) very good or even perfect grammar because the language behavior has
>become ingrained so that the speaker does not have to think about it?

I think so, yes.
BTW, a lot of this is necessary and achievable in second language
learning as well. Practical usage of a second language isn't very well
possible if you constantly have to refer to dictionaries and grammar
books. 

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Ruud Harmsen - http://rudhar.com