When a speaker who knows a language well makes a grammatical error in conversation, this is
a. probably a performance error, unrelated to linguistic competence.
b. evidence that the language is highly complex and constantly changing.
c. proof that all speakers of a language are not equally well-versed in its rules.
d. evidence that the speaker's personal linguistic style is still evolving.
a
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