Suppose that competent adults have the liberty to procreate.
Let us suppose that competent speakers are ones who are disposed (for the most part) to follow certain grammatical rules but they might not recognize those rules as valid when presented with them.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Level 3 descriptors broadly match the ability level required for senior students of English, Level 2 that of junior students of English and Level 1 are "mostly what freshmen majoring in English are supposed to be competent in".
Comparing the divisions on the scale with the English teaching syllabus (2000), we have found that level 3 descriptors generally match the ability level required for senior students of English, level 2 descriptors correspond to requirements for junior students of English, while those of level 1 are mostly what freshmen majoring in English are supposed to be competent in.
"Looking back at my federal career since 1993, I suppose I was a fairly competent, well-tuned in person, but I really didn't know how to function as a Member of Parliament effectively," he confesses.
Suppose that Humbert is semantically (and otherwise) competent, has normal color vision, is a member of our linguistic community, and uses qualia terminology ('\(Q_{R}\)', '\(Q_{G}\)', etc)., as introduced in section 1 above.
A boss is supposed to be a competent financial manager, considering the ebbs and flows of money within the company and making financial decisions for the stakeholders with perfect objectivity.
Arianna pins blame: The GOP wanted this to be a referendum on Obama but instead it's been a referendum on Romney because the campaign has not done a good job -- she notes the Clint Eastwood fiasco -- "which is surprising because Romney's supposed to be a competent businessman".
Someone like me who supported the war on human rights grounds has nowhere to hide: we didn't suppose the administration was particularly nice, but we did assume it would be competent.
Suppose that these candidates all woke up one morning and found themselves surrounded by competent strategists, press handlers, pollsters and information technologists.
