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Re:Are we losing our ability to remember? by dunce2020 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @11:22AM (#24919782)
I don't know any of the definitions, grammar rules of English yet I'm still able to effectively communicate with and understand others.
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Re:Are we losing our ability to remember? by warkdarrior on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @12:56PM (#24921124)
If you are a native speaker of English, you learned those rules over your whole childhood, by example instead of being explicitly taught the rules.
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Re:Are we losing our ability to remember? by dunce2020 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @01:30PM (#24921629)
Agreed - I learned examples, not rules.
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