Talk:English grammar

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Where are articles? If they are considered adjectives, then that should be indicated; if not, then they and any other non-adjective determiners should be added.202.179.16.66 (talk) 09:47, 28 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

We want to be both simple (i.e., clear) and correct. This can be difficult. For example, we list only "was", "is", and "will" as past, present and future tenses, respectively, of "to be." What about "were", "am", "are", and "shall"? Kdammers (talk) 05:09, 16 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]

definition[change source]

"Grammar is the rules about how to speak and write in a language" or should it be Grammar is the description of how a language language is spoken and written" ? Kdammers (talk) 02:43, 31 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Unclear[change source]

An entire section starts with "Word order is the other big difference." It is a big dfference with respect to what? Romance grammar? Germanic grammar? Earlier English grammar? Kdammers (talk) 02:35, 19 May 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Queen's English[change source]

Should " The models for spoken English in Britain are often called Received Pronunciation or BBC English." be augmented to add 'the queen's English"? Kdammers (talk) 19:07, 20 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]