Introduction: This article is sourced from antimoon, and the original link is here: https://www.antimoon.com/how/input-howmuch.htm. The purpose of this article is to translate, modify, and polish it into Chinese to motivate learners in the Chinese community to learn other languages.
How much information is needed to use English fluently?#
Few people realize that speaking a language fluently requires a stronger memory than learning organic chemistry or European history.
How much do you need to know to speak English correctly? Well, you need to know about 10,000 words and phrases in terms of their meanings and pronunciations, which is equivalent to a medium-sized dictionary. But that's only half the battle. The other half is the details, such as idioms, collocations, and so on:
- We say "I walk," but not "
he walk"; we say "he says," but not "he mays"; we say "Is she young?" instead of "Looks she young?"; we say "He did it," not "Hedidn’t it"; we say "She looked beautiful," not "She dressed beautiful". - We say "Mary likes cheese very much," but not "
Mary very much likes cheese" or "Mary likes cheese much"; we say "He might have eaten the cake," not "He could eat the cake" or "He has might eaten the cake"; we say "What did he eat?" instead of "What he ate?" or "He ate what?". - We do an exercise, but make a mistake; make a phone call, but have a conversation; do a job, but take a break; take a break, but make a jump.
- You can have a bad/terrible headache, but not a
strong/heavy headache; you can get great/enormous satisfaction, but notbig satisfaction; you can be a heavy smoker, but not ahard/strong smoker; you can have a heated debate, but not aburning debate; you can have a fast car, but not afast look; you can clean your teeth, but you can'tclean the dishes.
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Books like "Practical English Usage" have 600 pages of detailed rules like these. I wish I could tell you that they are unnecessary and you can ignore them, but in fact, almost all fluent English speakers follow these rules when speaking or writing.
If it takes so much knowledge to master a language, then why can everyone speak at least one language fluently?
Not all of us are Einsteins. Many native English speakers are not good at acquiring knowledge, but they can effortlessly use the local English dialect (whether it's standard English or African American Vernacular English).
A face you recognize.
The principle behind our ability to remember a large amount of language details is the same as our ability to recognize faces. Consider how much information you need to recognize that a face is indeed Bill's: the size of the head, the size and position of the eyes, nose, eyebrows, lips, teeth, ears, chin, cheeks, forehead, hairline, hair, wrinkles, spots, and the color, shape, relative size, and position of facial hair. Imagine how many sheets of paper it would take to write down a detailed description of one face, and how difficult it would be to remember them. Yet all of us (even people with poor memory) can recognize thousands of faces with just a blink of an eye.
We can do this because we don't have to remember people's facial features like we remember historical facts. Our brains have a special module that can instantly record all the data when we see a face. Then, when we see a face, this module can answer the question "Do I know this face?" effortlessly. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, and so on, so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module lets you answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
If mastering a language requires so much knowledge, then why can everyone speak at least one language fluently?
Not everyone is Einstein. Many native English speakers are not good at acquiring knowledge, but they can effortlessly use the local English dialect (whether it's standard English or African American Vernacular English).
A face you recognize.
The principle behind our ability to remember a large amount of language details is the same as our ability to recognize faces. Consider how much information you need to recognize that a face is indeed Bill's: the size of the head, the size and position of the eyes, nose, eyebrows, lips, teeth, ears, chin, cheeks, forehead, hairline, hair, wrinkles, spots, and the color, shape, relative size, and position of facial hair. Imagine how many sheets of paper it would take to write down a detailed description of one face, and how difficult it would be to remember them. Yet all of us (even people with poor memory) can recognize thousands of faces with just a blink of an eye.
We can do this because we don't have to remember people's facial features like we remember historical facts. Our brains have a special module that can instantly record all the data when we see a face. Then, when we see a face, this module can answer the question "Do I know this face?" effortlessly. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."
Just as everyone (smart or not) has a face recognition module, everyone has a language module. This module stores facts about word meanings, vocabulary usage, grammar structures, pronunciation, etc., so you don't have to remember them like historical facts. The face recognition module allows you to answer the question "Do I know this face?" based on the facial data it has stored. This is effortless. We never think, "Hmm, the convex shape of this person's nose, the distance between the eyes, and the asymmetrical shape of the upper lip match my friend Peter's."