Janet asks a good question, and one I have been wracking my brain around... My assumption has always been that language is innate, and the potential to acquire grammar is *(probably)* innate, but that grammar in and of itself needs to be learned... Or am I remembering all that wrong? *wink* It is possible! -patty -----Original Message----- From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Castilleja, Janet Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 6:47 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Mixed construction (was A short note on...) Just out of curiosity, did Chomsky ever actually say that grammar was innate? Or did he say the potential to acquire grammar was innate? Wouldn't that be a very different thing? Janet Castilleja To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/