grammar
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1.1
- noun
- /ˈɡræmər/
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gramática
- My mother worked as a teacher at St. Charles Grammar School during the war.
- English grammar
- correct grammar
- grammar and spelling
The bad news was they had to correct the grammar, which they did.
- The bad news was they had to correct the grammar, which they did.
- How do you orchestrate syntax, grammar, all without thinking, right?
- So it was all then this very rich grammar of human relationships.
- OK, so syntactic grammar, when was the great leap forward?
- When we use the term grammar, grammar is a subject, right?
- And then the the grammar teacher says, I shall tell you.
- You're just firing it off, often with worse grammar than the grammar you claim I'm using.
- Did they teach you the correct grammar for stuff like that on American Idol?
- Just check, you know, check grammar and spelling.
- Do you have mistakes in grammar or are you struggling with grammar?
- It was poor grammar, you see, and just too much passion.
- As for language, I think the theory that language is based on grammar is just plain wrong.
- I think that's improper grammar beard style.
Examples
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She struggled with grammar during her English lessons, but never gave up.
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After the first draft was finished, they would work on grammar problems that had surfaced.
Fiction book (1995) -
The bad news was they had to correct the grammar, which they did.
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Notice that my grammar is in fact still correct.
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So the choice is health, grammar, knowledge, or money.
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My brothers are still in grammar school.
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Well, as children, we were taught grammar and syntax.
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Nevertheless, Hamilton did not oppose the study of grammar, only its timing.
Academic text (2008) -
In order to write clearly, you must have a good grasp of grammar.
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His knowledge of grammar helped him write essays with better structure.
Compounds
- Archaic
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5.3
A secondary school that teaches Latin and Greek to prepare students for university
- Specialized
A description of how people actually use a language, not how they should speak
- Specialized
A theory that explains how rules make all correct sentences and shows their structure
- Offensive
A person who is too strict about language rules and harshly corrects small mistakes
- Specialized
A set of rules saying how people should use a language rather than how they actually speak
Surface Forms
Etymology
Grammar comes from the Greek word gramma, which means 'letter' or 'writing' and is the same root you see in telegram. It first meant the study of letters and writing, so grammar now means the rules about how words and sentences work in a language.