Fw: [Gllug] just a quick question

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On Mon, 13 Feb 2006, John Edwards stated:
> There are rules to English syntax and grammar, the same as there 
> are rules to a programming language.

... only they're much less sane, and *vastly* more complex, and (of
course) not formally codified.

If there were no rules, this book
<http://www.cambridge.org/uk/linguistics/cgel/> would be 1800-odd pages
shorter.

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