Episode 165: Glamorous Grammar
The History of English Podcast
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The Basic Difference Between Modern English Grammar and Latin Grammar
In 1586, William Bullicar gave it a shot. His first attempt at an English grammar was really a Latin grammar imposed on English. And in doing so, he established the model that most later grammarians followed well into the 20th century. The words themselves don't change at all. We let the word order do the work.
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