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Kate Fox

“Native speakers can rarely explain the grammatical rules of their own language. In the same way, those who are most ‘fluent’ in the rituals, customs and traditions of a particular culture generally lack the detachment necessary to explain the ‘grammar’ of these practices in an intelligible manner. This is why we have anthropologists.”

Kate Fox, Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour
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Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour Watching the English: The Hidden Rules of English Behaviour by Kate Fox
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