The greater part of the world’s troubles are due to questions of grammar.—Michel de Montaigne
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Grammar school classroom, 1899. Image courtesy US Library of Congress. So why do we call it “grammar school”? In the United States, grammar school now refers to a primary school, usually kindergarten through eighth grade, but originally a grammar school was so called because it taught students classical languages. In medieval England, grammar schools taught Latin and later Ancient Greek grammar. English and other languages soon followed, and eventually science, mathematics, geography, and history were included in the grammar school curriculum.
Grammar Tips
If you’ve ever wondered what a dangling participle really is, hesitated at ending a sentence with a preposition, or scratched your head in wonder trying to decide if you should use “that” or “which” in your prose, we’re here to help. Our editors are in the process of building a collection of grammar tips as a free service to our clients. Whether you write for the Internet or are working on the next Great American Novel, we can help you clean up your sentences and get them ready for publication.
In addition, we have compiled a list of the grammar and style books we have in our office at Compass Rose Horizons.
If you would like to contribute an article or if there is a topic you’d like us to cover, please e-mail our editors at editor@compassrose.com.
- “A vs. An”
- “Dangling Modifier”
- “Grammar—A Linguistic Perspective”
- “Greengrocer’s Apostrophe”
- “Split Infinitive”
Do You Need Help with Grammar?
E-mail editor@compassrose.com to reach a member of our staff. We offer several levels of proofreading and copy editing and can help you polish your paper.
