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!”
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!”
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.