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Most people can tell whether a sequence of words in their own dialect is grammatical.
Yet few people who can do so are able to specify the relevant grammatical rules.
The linguist’s statements illustrate that some people cannot specify how they know something that is true.
Which one of the following best illustrates the principle underlying the linguist's statements?
Some people are able to
The relationship of these two statements is the ability to one thing, while unable to do something very similar in another context.
1% picked this
Engineers who apply the principles
This includes a comparative relationship, while the stimulus does not.
0% picked this
Some people are able to
Why this is right
These people cannot specify how they know the piece of music is a waltz, even though it is and they know it.
Skill tested: Principle-Conform · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.
90% picked this
Those travelers who most enjoy
This relationship includes an issue of degree (most enjoy and most capable) that is not included in the stimulus.
3% picked this
Quite a few people know
In this example people know the rules, but cannot execute, while in the stimulus people can execute, but don’t know the rules.
6% picked this
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