Editing English grammar (section)

==History of English grammars==
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The first published English grammar was a ''Pamphlet for Grammar'' of 1586, written by [[William Bullokar]] with the stated goal of demonstrating that English was just as rule-based as Latin. Bullokar's grammar was faithfully modeled on [[William Lily (grammarian)|William Lily's]] Latin grammar, ''Rudimenta Grammatices'' (1534), used in English schools at that time, having been "prescribed" for them in 1542 by [[Henry VIII of England|Henry VIII]]. Bullokar wrote his grammar in English and used a "reformed spelling system" of his own invention; but much English grammar, for much of the century after Bullokar's effort, was written in Latin, especially by authors who were aiming to be scholarly. [[John Wallis]]'s ''Grammatica Linguae Anglicanae'' (1685) was the last English grammar written in Latin.

Even as late as the early 19th century, [[Lindley Murray]], the author of one of the most widely used grammars of the day, was having to cite "grammatical authorities" to bolster the claim that grammatical cases in English are different from those in Ancient Greek or Latin.

English [[Part of speech|parts of speech]] are based on Latin and Greek parts of speech.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3komDgAAQBAJ&q=dryden|title=Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries|last=Stamper|first=Kory|date=2017-01-01|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=9781101870945|pages=27–28|language=en}}</ref> Some English grammar rules were adopted from [[Latin]], for example [[John Dryden]] is thought to have created the rule [[Preposition stranding|no sentences can end in a preposition]] because Latin cannot end sentences in prepositions. The rule of no [[split infinitive]]s was adopted from Latin because Latin has no split infinitives.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=524618639|title=From 'F-Bomb' To 'Photobomb,' How The Dictionary Keeps Up With English|work=NPR.org|access-date=2017-04-21|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3komDgAAQBAJ&q=latin|title=Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries|last=Stamper|first=Kory|date=2017-01-01|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=9781101870945|pages=47|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3komDgAAQBAJ&q=split|title=Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries|last=Stamper|first=Kory|date=2017-01-01|publisher=Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group|isbn=9781101870945|pages=44|language=en}}</ref>