I want to apologize to readers for having posted a fairly serious mistake on the How to do FIML page.
I proofread the page many times but for months failed to notice that I had mixed up the explanation of who was speaking and who was listening. Originally, I had used two characters named A and B to illustrate basic FIML. In my explanation, I somehow switched them around.
I have corrected the mistake and changed the characters’ names to Andrew and Megan for clarity.
I hope the page makes better sense now and is easier to follow.
The problem is even worse when it comes to linguistics. All people much of the time are neither rational speakers nor rational listeners.