The two types of rules when learning a language
There are two sorts of rules that govern languages: “important rules” and “not-so-important rules” and knowing the difference can save you a lot of time and stress.
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The reason I call the rules “important” and “not-so-important” is because when you’re learning a language, you should focus your attention on the important ones first.
When you start out learning a language, your aim is to be understood. A lot of people want to be able to speak the language perfectly, but being understood is a wonderful place to start. The “important rules” are those rules that help you to turn your English thoughts into a foreign language so that somebody who doesn’t speak English can understand what you want to say. The “not-so-important” rules also do this, but if you get them wrong, it won’t mean that you’re not understood. This might sound a little strange, so let me explain.
An example of an important rule in English is that if you want to talk about the past tense, you should add the letters “ed” to the end of a verb.
I watch TV — I watched TV
I walk to school — I walked to school
I listen to music — I listened to music
