[–] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

While I understand that it is a statistical rarity for horses to die from being thrown from a plane, it does happen on occasion. I'm currently dealing with my insurance provider trying to get my payment after my car was totalled by a flying Clydesdale last week

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    I know vaguely of the science of linguistics and I want to actually try my hand at seriously attempting to learn a language. Unfortunately, linguists keep throwing a bunch of words at my brain like "syntax" and "conjugation" and "grammar trees" that just... go over my fucking head. Is it better to try and learn the structure of one particular language at a time or will understanding linguistics first give me a better edge? And if so, where do I start if I want to sit down and actually try to fluently understand a second language?

     

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