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Type Words
Type of descriptive linguistics
Has types descriptive grammar, morphology, syntax, prescriptive grammar
Derivation grammatic, grammatical

Examples of grammar

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Lore and Bharara, both 39, have been friends since grammar school in New Jersey.
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Grammar and spelling speak volumes about your capabilities as a future employee.
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Mr Cottam also criticises the decline of academically-selective grammar schools.
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Lynne Truss, Simon Heffer and any other doughty guardians of grammar, aux armes.
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Correct English usage, including vocabulary, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
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I have had six books published, all with perfectly good and uncorrected grammar.
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By the end of the course, her students will gain a new appreciation for grammar.
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She's taking classes in English speech and grammar at the University of Phoenix.
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Woe unto the literary pretender who does not get his facts and grammar straight.
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  • The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
  • In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of sentences, phrases, and words in any given natural language. ...
  • A formal grammar (sometimes simply called a grammar) is a set of rules of a specific kind, for forming strings in a formal language. The rules describe how to form strings from the language's alphabet that are valid according to the language's syntax. ...
  • The articles in English include the definite article the and the indefinite articles a and an.
  • A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language; The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax); A book describing the rules of grammar of a language; A formal system specifying the ...
  • (Grammars) Agora | Archives | Endangered Languages | Gameroom | Lang Guessers | Library | Research | More
  • (Grammars) Th. Buslaev, Historical Grammar of the R. Language (Moscow, 1875); A. Sobolevskij, Lectures on the History of the R. Language (St P., 1891); id., Attempt at R. Dialectology, pt. i. (Gt. and Wh. R.) (St P., 1897); W. R. Morfill, R. Grammar (Oxford, 1887); P. Motti, R. ...
  • To dream that you are studying grammar, denotes you are soon to make a wise choice in momentous opportunities.
  • The study of the structure and features of a language. Grammar usually consists of rules and standards that are to be followed to produce acceptable writing and speaking.