We take so much of our native language for granted that I often find it fascinating when it's described in the same way as if we were learning a foreign language:
Btw, this may appeal more to other people raised in the UK school system since around 1980, when it was decided we no longer needed to be taught grammar, and so are oblivious to lots of the actual technicalities.
Btw, this may appeal more to other people raised in the UK school system since around 1980, when it was decided we no longer needed to be taught grammar, and so are oblivious to lots of the actual technicalities.
