Language is more than words

A. By language, we do not mean solely words, but the grammar that we use to put them together to produce utterances that reflect our impressions of our lives, experiences, and environment, as well as enable us to affect people and events around us.

B. One can learn hundreds of words in a foreign language and still be unable to manage even a simple conversation or even say, “You might as well finish it” or “It happened to be on a Tuesday.”