(May 24, 2016 at 8:41 pm)Gemini Wrote: Oh me too, I love linguistics. I took a course on it in college and wish I'd studied it more. Devoured all Stephen Pinker's books on language, and I especially loved his explanation of combinatorial systems.
At least you took the step toward studying it. I have not been so lucky. I merely love language.
The best way that I can describe it is that while I grew up I was constantly bombarded with English terms. I hated it. I knew how to write and convey myself better than most.
I was never very good at those English tests where I had to point out particular nouns, verbs, etc.
When it came to writing, I aced everything I wrote.
I am simply the type of person who does not need to understand how it works in order to make it work.
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~ Erin Hunter