English grammar is the way in which meanings are encoded into wordings in the English language. This includes the structure of words phrases clauses and sentences right up to the structure of whole texts.

There are historical social cultural and regional variations of English. Divergences from the grammar described here occur in some dialects of English. This article describes a generalized present-day Standard English the form of speech and writing found in types of public discourse including broadcasting education entertainment government and news including both formal and informal speech. There are differences in grammar between the standard forms of British American and Australian English although these are minor compared with the differences in vocabulary and pronunciation.