We learn English unwisely and randomly the way most grammar books and English lessons present. I find it a reflection of legacy. As much as 80 per cent of English words came from as many as 350 languages. For that reason, standardisation of the grammatical structure and pronunciation was impossible. Look at the irregular verbs, irregular nouns and even irregular pronunciation. Within irregular nouns, there are irregular plurals. Wherever there is an arguable subject-verb agreement, 'concord' protects it. The challenges of many grammarians to give interpretations on the language structure over many years made the bristly Anglo-Saxon language into gentle modern English. Now neither the language of the Father of English nor the Father of English literature is prevalent. You may see British a...
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