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The psycholinguist Martin Braine once tried for several weeks to stamp out one of his daughters grammatical errors. Here is the result: Child: Want other one spoon, Daddy. Father: You mean, you want THE OTHER SPOON. Child: Yes, I want other one spoon, please, Daddy. Father: Can you say the other spoon? Child: Other ... one ... spoon. Father: Say ... other. Child: Other. Father: Spoon. Child: Spoon. Father: Other ... Spoon. Child: Other ... Spoon. Now give me other one spoon? (The Language Instinct by Steven Pinker)
Posted on: Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:05:32 +0000

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