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The evolution of English gramar.

Three main theoretical perspectives of grammar since


the nineteenth century have been traditional
grammar, structural grammar, and
tratrastransformational grammar

The late eighteenth century marks an era of


irreversible change in grammar and linguistic.

traditional grammar was the analyzing of


sentences. “The analysis of a sentence is the
separation of it There were a number
During the second quarter of of reasons which
the twentieth century, there caused the
emerged a new school of structuralists to
linguistics, known as become disenchanted
structuralism. with traditional
grammar

Since the late 1950’s structural


One of the most
grammar has been challenged by
influential
transformational grammar” (Liles 12).
grammarians Grammar and its ever-
This new theory also consisted of very changing theory of
involved with the
transformational new ideas.. correctness have had quite
an impact on not only the
movement is Noam
educational system but
Chomsky
also the world as we know
it

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