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Message 1300822 - Posted: 31 Oct 2012, 23:21:21 UTC

One word for sure and everyone has heard it. YOUR LATE FOR DINNER.
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Message 1300899 - Posted: 1 Nov 2012, 5:24:29 UTC - in response to Message 1300439.  

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In one of the six languages you speak, right?

Ha! Six is a slight exaggeration. I was relieved to see that my English cannot be getting too rusty after over twenty years in Germany, though.

How high do you rate reasonably structured sentence length when evaluating linguistic abilities?


Depends on the age of the child. There are certain structures in English that are generally mastered within certain age ranges. Between the ages of 2 and 4, syntax tells me more about a child's expressive language skills than vocabulary or grammar mastery tell me.
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