Formal Language--More Bucks for your Bang

Formal Language is the code of a democratic family philosophy. Discussions abound but often not much gets done too quickly.

For example, a supper scenario might go like this. Dad says, "Children, I have just noticed a thick column of black smoke issuing from under the kitchen door. Would anyone like to venture a guess as to the possible causes, and to the options the family has in the event some kind of exodus is required? If we compare this statment to it's restricted counterpart, "FIRE GET-OUT !" it becomes apparent that the former is laden with many more grammatical structures.

In the illustration in the graphic view, the father is showing a report card with F's to his son and asking...