- Can Native Speakers of a Language Make Mistakes?

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Can Native Speakers of a Language Make Mistakes?

is a 1961 speech by Allen Walker Read - he decides that “No” they cannot - and I can’t find it anywhere online. Can anyone help me find a copy? He also discovered that OK comes from the misspelling and abbreviation craze of newspapers during the 1830’s (all correct became Oll Korrect which became OK). This stuff blows my mind.

Cool! I just posted something similar about all words being “real” words.