A Note - Edgeways Books

structural words (a closed set—no more can ever be added to it) lexical words (an open set—can be added to ad infinitum) proper nouns. commercial concoctions. Systems 1,3 and 4 have to be learnt more or less by rote. For example, we cannot tell how to spell the, a, I, he, she, be, were, have, do, one, two except by drilling. ................
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