Here are my childish scribbles: 1. We learn by doing. 2. We learn by practice. 3. We learn by trial and error. 4. We learn by writing. 5. Writing is a must to master a language.

If one will scoff at the study of language, how, save in terms of language, will one scoff? - Mario Pei I came across this in Philip' post, and it reminds me that it could serve as the best answer to your question, I bet.

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Believer wrote: Hi, Whenever I encounter the sorts of phrases like the underlined part where a preposition is attached to the words like 'which', I have a hard time deciding which prepositional word is needed in that situation. Do you have

Anonymous wrote: why do we study syntax How could you express this doubt of yours?

Philip wrote: While I was in China last year, my guide said that "popo" is also Chinese for grandmother. Amen to that! Philip. I was about to blurt out that before you mentioned it.

Thanks, GG, for the corrections. Trying to use a new language is still as exciting, intriguing, and fascinating as a wild goose hunting for me though there are maybe tons of off-the-target shots..

Actually, one of the Chinese versions of granma is uttered something like this: niena, but it could be a variant of nona. And I remember nona de brit told me in another thread that some friends from different cultures also mentioned the granma

Thanks, GG, I got your points, but there are still tons of samples with no about, right?

Grammar Geek wrote: So... you shouldn't always think too much about what a word means. Sometimes - it just gets dropped on you . Thanks, GG, for your wonderful extra info about nick; I'm really fascinated by what you said. By the