Full Idea
To some extent, every truth-functional connective differs from its counterpart in ordinary language. Classical conjunction, for example, is timeless, whereas the word 'and' often is not. 'Socrates runs and Socrates stops' cannot be reversed.
Gist of Idea
Classical connectives differ from their ordinary language counterparts; '∧' is timeless, unlike 'and'
Source
Stewart Shapiro (Philosophy of Mathematics [1997], 3)
Book Reference
Shapiro,Stewart: 'Philosophy of Mathematics:structure and ontology' [OUP 1997], p.42
A Reaction
Shapiro suggests two interpretations: either the classical connectives are revealing the deeper structure of ordinary language, or else they are a simplification of it.