Episode 165: Glamorous Grammar
The History of English Podcast
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The First English Grammar Book
Bullacar published his grammar book in 1586, the year of the Babington plot. It was part of a burgeoning movement that was trying to standardize languages throughout Western Europe. Why had it taken this long to produce a grammar book about English? The answer lies in the erosion of all of those old English inflectional endings.
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