On 3/19/2012 16:27, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
I believe that you are misunderstanding the descriptivist position. There
are many sentences which are never said, or perhaps only said once. Most
non-trivial spoken or written sentences are unique. That doesn't make
them wrong or erroneous because "nobody says them".
Nobody says "hesitant teapots sleep artistically".
Let's not mix syntax with semantics. "If I'm ok: I'll go." represents
all the possible sentences where the if-clause and the then-clause are
separated by a colon. I believe that none of those are grammatically
correct.
Kiuhnm
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