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rptaurie@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rptaurie@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Tue Nov 23 16:43:13 1993

[paraphrased, about using grammaticality judgments as a tool in linguistics]

It's like learning frog biology without dissecting a frog, but by
hitting the frog with a hammer in various places and seeing how it reacts.

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