Obviously some template phrases are repeated a lot, but those are not the majority of sentences. Consider talking to someone on the phone for 20 minutes. You have the customary greetings that take maybe 30 seconds along with your farewell in the last 30 seconds, then you have the next 19 minutes of actual conversation where you exchange information. The conversation would not need to last for 20 minutes if you were just repeating the same phrases over and over again.


Spring is actually the worst season, at least in the Midwest. It’s cold and rainy all week and everything is just a mud bath, then randomly you get a day where it’s 80F, then more rain, then a snow storm,