Dear Dr. Noam Chomsky, I am not even sure that this will reach you. But , if a few minutes' grace is given to me, you can go back to 1968 and I can say a few words about what you refer to as "still mysterious ability." Reading your book, Language and Mind (enlarged edition), I've determined to trespass on your time. I understand that linguistic competence refer to the native speaker-hearer's un..