As we move into the new year, we need more ruptures in mainstream thinking. It’s the cracks that let the light in.

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What is a native plant? Native plants are indigenous to a particular region and provide an essential foundation to support wildlife habitats for native insects and birds. Well-adapted to the local ...

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Because it suggests that our mental representation of language includes things grammar theory has been ignoring for decades.

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