You can learn basic grammar and vocabulary at any age. That explains my “good enough” French. But there’s also an enormous amount of low-frequency words and syntax that even native speakers might encounter only once a year. “You can get pretty good pretty quickly, but getting really, really good takes forever,” Dr. Hartshorne explained. You’d think that’s actually really good.

Source: New York Times April 30, 2019 09:45 UTC