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07-18-2009, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
Languages are not math and are not logical. They are living organisms, really.
(Sorry for being off-topic but this must be corrected.)

Slightly wrong. Just slightly. Human language is organic under the foundation that basic logic is not discouraged. The reason why we can make sentences that make sense is because of respecting basic logic embedded in our ways of using words.


JapanForum's semi-resident amateur linguist.

Last edited by komitsuki : 07-18-2009 at 03:34 AM.
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