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The grammar of a language is simply the way it combines smaller elements (such as words) into larger elements (such as sentences).

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Larry Trask
Age: 59 †
Born: 1944
Born: November 10
Died: 2004
Died: March 27
Linguist
Olean
New York
R. L. Trask
Robert Lawrence Trask
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The likelihood is that any English-speaking skier has more words for different types of snow than any inhabitant of Alaska or Greenland.
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I recall that, the first time I met a Geordie speaker, it was some days before I could understand a single word he was saying.
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