@fresco,
fresco wrote:I suggest those dissenting to my psycholinguistic point as a reponse specifically to dalehileman should read my first post to shengliver. There is a difference in intent and context of those responses. I also suggest those who do not understand that point should (a)investigate the distinction Chomsky draws between linguistic "competence" and "performance" and also (b) investigate the concepts of "different Englishes" and "language as fashion" to be found in general works such as Crystal's Encyclopedia of Language.
I have made the point before that artficial contrastive grammatical analysis, as presented by questioners here, departs from real life (context specific) communicative needs.
People can and do make innumerable errors.
That fact does not change those errors rendering them accurate,
no matter what anyone writes in an Encyclopedia.
I can grab an encyclopedia and write in it that the Moon is made
of green cheese; that has no effect upon the composition of the Moon,
regardless of any "different Englishes" or "fashions".
If someone writes that 3 times 7 is 25,
that is worthless error, regardless of "intent" or of "context".
David