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But like, what's use if grammar if you don't also know spelling and vocabulary? Are there British kids who just go around saying "period, exclamation point, ellipses!"

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 months ago

It's actually a case of the British intrusive R, they are schools for grandmas

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

common misconception, those are schools that were founded by educational icon Kelsey "Frasier" Grammer

Grammar is just the angloid spelling

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

Wait till you hear what they teach in finishing school. panting

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Serious answer: it's derived from γραμματικὴ τέχνη (grammatikḕ téchnē), or "art of letters", so originally referred to the whole of written language (and sometimes spoken parts too) rather than just the word order. Grammar schools were for learning how to read and write Latin and Greek.