Sprachgefuhl
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When my teacher asked me why a term after a series of 'and's was single instead of plural, I didn't know what to say.
When it came to English, I was bred to write by the feel of it. I felt the word being wrong or right, and then taking the necessary action to make it right.
But I wasn't able to find a word to say it. Of course, a third grader in elementary school would not be able to say such a word.
So, all I could tell was the teacher was: "I know it's right. I can feel it!"
But today, I finally found that word, which means that it felt linguistically right.
Sprachgefuhl.
So if the English teacher dared to ask you why you used that word, and something in you is telling you vehemently that there's no better reason other than it's right, just say that it was sprachgefuhl.
She'd love you for it.
*runs back to homework*
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