"Love Grammar" is a song by English singer/musician John Parr, released as the third of four singles from his 1984 self-titled debut album John Parr. The song was written and produced solely by Parr.

The song was released as the third single from the John Parr album in America. It was originally issued in May 1985, following the release of "Magical", which had peaked at #73 on the Billboard Hot 100. However "Love Grammar", like "Magical", wasn't played much on the radio, as all the stations were playing another Parr song; the soundtrack song "St. Elmo's Fire (Man in Motion)", which was released as a single in June of that year. The "Love Grammar" single was re-issued in November 1985, following the success of"St. Elmo's Fire", which went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The re-issue of "Love Grammar" found some commercial success, peaking at #89 in America. The song spent two weeks in the chart, after debuting at #92.

The song would appear as part of the soundtrack of the June 1986 Karen Black movie Flight of the Spruce Goose. Additionally, the album track "Steal You Away (Flight of the Spruce Goose)", from his following 1986 album Running the Endless Mile, would also appear in the film.

The following fifth and final single from Parr's debut album would be a remixed version of "Don't Leave Your Mark on Me", which was issued in the Netherlands and Germany only. The release featured the LP Version of "Love Grammar" as the B-side.

The single was released on 7" and 12" vinyl via Atlantic Records in America only. The single version of the song was labelled as the "LP version" although it ran approximately ten seconds shorter than the album version. The main single release in America of May 1985 featured the John Parr album track "Heartbreaker" as the B-side, whilst the November 1985 main release featured the album track "Treat Me Like an Animal" as the B-side. An American promotional 7" vinyl was also issued with "Love Grammar" on both sides of the vinyl, whilst another 7" vinyl issue featured "Love Grammar (Vocal/LP Version)" as the main song, with the B-side being "Love Grammar (Vocal/Special Remix Edit)". The 12" vinyl release featured "Love Grammar (LP Version)" on both sides of the vinyl.

No picture sleeve/artwork was issued with any version of the single, and instead the single came in a generic plain Atlantic Records sleeve.

A music video was created for the single, which was the main form of promotion. The video aired on the MTV channel on November 21 for the first time. The video featured footage of Parr in concert, spliced with cuts of his girlfriend modeling sportswear designed by Chams de Baron, which, not coincidentally, sponsored the video. The Chams logo was removed from the tape, but a 30-second commercial and an identical video, to be distributed to cable and affiliate stations, flashes the logo prominently and often.

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