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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Words don’t denote everything about a language, the use of conjugation, tenses, declensions, etc factor in heavily as well, and ours despite having clear Latin influence, steer significantly more towards the germanic origins than romantic

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