How can it be that all the human languages form logical grammar structures without anyone defining them from the first place?

Question

It seems like grammar rules just form up on their own and no language is a “mess”, how can it be?

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Answer 1

Because the “rules” are descriptive, not ~~predictive~~ prescriptive. That is the ‘rules’ are describing the patterns we see that evolved naturally not that someone came up with the rules and demanded that everyone follow them.