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Originally Posted by wdfifteen
So your writing can be understood is the point isn't it? What good is it for an individual to understand what he means if he can't communicate it to anyone else? It's not just the concept of syntax that's important, it's understanding and proper use are critical, in math and language.
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Da Vinci wrote in his journals backwards, so that they would not be easily read. Yet his notes were obviously quite compelling in what they represented, no matter how completely back-assward the syntax.
To your grandma example there; it's missing context. Which leaves even the first version open to the idea that the sentence is discussing incestuous oral sex.
