A friend of mine is Israeli. He has a tendency to start talking when other people have not finished speaking. I was told the reason he behaves this way is because the language of his culture places the important information at the beginning of the sentence and less important information at the end. In contrast, the English language has rules that allow us to put important information at the beginning, middle, and end of a sentence. It seems, then, that the languages of my friend and I differ in:

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The difference described is related to syntax, which is the arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language.

A Friend of Mine Is Israeli