Why is English not considered a Romance “language if ~60-80% of words come from latin?

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Why is English not considered a Romance “language if ~60-80% of words come from latin?

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Because English grammar is a very simplified German.

Basically the entire “house” of English is Germanic, the foundations, the walls.

Only the “facade” and some “decorations” of the English house are romance in origin.

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