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Difference between Grammar school (UK) and Grammar school (U.S.)

grammar school (UK)fee-charging or state funded selective secondary school with an academically oriented program:

  • I hate the thought that friends will get split up because some will go to a grammar school and others won’t.

grammar school (U.S.)—(now rare) elementary school:

  • Elementary school, also known as grammar school, is a school of kindergarten through fifth grade (sometimes the first eight grades), where basic subjects are taught.