English grammar

English grammar is the study of grammar in the English language. Grammars of English can be either prescriptive or descriptive. Prescription sets rules for language, while description simply describes the way a language is spoken; this article attempts to be primarily descriptive. It is important to understand that experts disagree about many parts of English grammar: what follows is just one analysis among many.

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Grammar - English language - Prescriptive or descriptive

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The grammar of English is in some ways relatively simple, and in others quite complex. For example, word order is relatively fixed because English is an analytic language and this aspect of grammar is therefore relatively simple. The verbal system, on the other hand, is quite large and complex, like those of many other Indo-European languages.

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Analytic language - Verbal system - Indo-European

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This article is organized in sections, addressing word order, nouns, verbs, and other areas as they become relevant in the course of discussion.

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Noun - Verb

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