Episode 165: Glamorous Grammar
The History of English Podcast
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Using the General Framework of Latin to Define English Grammar
In the mind of Latin gramerians, adjectives and nouns were fundamentally linked together. But since English doesn't work that way, that connection didn't really make sense. Balchar recognized that nouns and adjectives needed to be distinguished in English. He divided nouns into two subcategories: substantive and adjective.
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