There are huge differences between English and German grammar. English has mostly lost the cases, and word order rules are completely different (SVO in English vs. verb second/verb last in German, and many other differences). If you want to learn German, you need to learn proper grammar. http://www.canoo.net/ http://www.mein-deutschbuch.de/ http://www.udoklinger.de/Deutsch/Grammatik/inhalt.htm

It is true, that both languages are related together. However, the German influence on the English language was more than 1500 years ago. English is also related to Latin, but no one would tend to study English on the basis of Latin grammar. Languages develop - the fact that most Germans have to spend much time to study English and Englishmen to study German shows, that it is not easy to study. The relation helps in most cases, but there are many "false friends". If you use English word order in German, the produced sentence sounds weird. And we Germans tend to be very picky, when it comes to correct German....