Why is English grammar so simple?

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English is straightforward. It uses word order and prepositions to convey meaning, making it easier for learners to construct coherent sentences. Meanwhile, other languages have heavy use of punctuation, emphasis and different syllables along with the grammar rules they each have. Especially for multilingual...
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English is straightforward. It uses word order and prepositions to convey meaning, making it easier for learners to construct coherent sentences. Meanwhile, other languages have heavy use of punctuation, emphasis and different syllables along with the grammar rules they each have. Especially for multilingual people, English may be the easier language to grasp out of the others they learnt in the past. A link for my reference in case it interest you: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-english-actually-relatively-easy-learn-resolt-india-6mzbf/ read less
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English is easier because it's much easier to spell than most languages, and none of the grammatical rules have any exceptions. Thirdly, it only has easy sounds for foreigners to pronounce like "th", "ae", and w, unlike difficult languages like Spanish, which have such bizarre tongue twisting sounds.
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English is easier because it's much easier to spell than most languages, and none of the grammatical rules have any exceptions. Thirdly, it only has easy sounds for foreigners to pronounce like "th", "ae", and w, unlike difficult languages like Spanish, which have such bizarre tongue twisting sounds.
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English is easier becauseit's much easier to spell than most languages, and none of the grammatical rules have any exceptions. Thirdly, it only has easy sounds for foreigners to pronounce like "th", "ae", and w, unlike difficult languages like Spanish, which have such bizarre tongue twisting sounds. read less
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English grammar is easier because it's much easier to spell than most languages, and none of the grammatical rules
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English is easier because it's much easier to spell than most languages, and none of the grammatical rules have any exceptions. Thirdly, it only has easy sounds for foreigners to pronounce like "th", "ae", and w, unlike difficult languages like Spanish, which have such bizarre tongue twisting sounds
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English is easier becauseit's much easier to spell than most languages, and none of the grammatical rules have any exceptions. Thirdly, it only has easy sounds for foreigners to pronounce like "th", "ae", and w, unlike difficult languages like Spanish, which have such bizarre tongue twisting sounds read less
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English grammar can seem relatively simple compared to some other languages due to its lack of complex grammatical gender, relatively straightforward verb conjugations, and simple sentence structure. However, it still has its challenges, especially with irregular verbs, phrasal...
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English grammar can seem relatively simple compared to some other languages due to its lack of complex grammatical gender, relatively straightforward verb conjugations, and simple sentence structure. However, it still has its challenges, especially with irregular verbs, phrasal verbs, and exceptions to rules. read less
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English is easier because it's much easier to spell than most languages, and none of the grammatical rules have any exceptions. Thirdly, it only has easy sounds for foreigners to pronounce like "th", "ae", and w, unlike difficult languages like Spanish, which have such bizarre tongue twisting sounds.
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English is easier becauseit's much easier to spell than most languages, and none of the grammatical rules have any exceptions. Thirdly, it only has easy sounds for foreigners to pronounce like "th", "ae", and w, unlike difficult languages like Spanish, which have such bizarre tongue twisting sounds. read less
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English is easier because it's much easier to spell than most languages, and none of the grammatical rules have any exceptions. Thirdly, it only has easy sounds for foreigners to pronounce like "th", "ae", and w, unlike difficult languages like Spanish, which have such bizarre tongue twisting sounds.
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