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[โ€“] echindod 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh. Yeah. That's a good point. When I taught a dead language, I would tell my students that all grammars lie to you, but some of the lies are useful.

[โ€“] echindod 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The Wittgensteinian Ladder. The pedagogical expedient misinformation.