I have been wondering how grammar terms received their names. Some of the origins are baffling. A noun, that part of speech that names people, places and things, comes from the Latin word "nomen," ...

Rob Leitch is an Assistant Headteacher of a secondary school in South East London. Grammar Schools. Two words which provoke passion, debate and emotion throughout the world of education – and beyond.

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