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> Every part of English grammar and syntax has been methodically systemized

No, it hasn't. None of it has, ever.

So far, you have been wrong about writing, about human language (specifically, English), about programming languages (specifically, Lisp and Java), about poetry, and about the rules of English and how they're set.

I am intrigued. Is this performance art? What next?



> No, it hasn't. None of it has, ever.

Are you denying that dictionaries and comprehensive books on English grammar exist?




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