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grammatical

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for grammatical.

Editorial note

In short, grammar rules are constraints that have to unify in order to describe a grammatical utterance, instead of phrase-structure rules that generate sentences.

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Definitions2
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Of or pertaining to grammar.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of grammatical gathered in one view.

adjective

Of or pertaining to grammar.

adjective

Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grammatical.

adjective

Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.

Example sentences

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In short, grammar rules are constraints that have to unify in order to describe a grammatical utterance, instead of phrase-structure rules that generate sentences.

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Syntactic theories aim to explain why particular sentences are grammatical or ungrammatical (in the judgments of native speakers).

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One other grammatical feature borrowed from Chinese is the way of asking and answering yes-no questions.

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Ships are conventionally female in British English, so are cars in some circles, but there is nothing grammatical about it.

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Things that are sufficiently important to us are anthopomorphized and this a social and cultural process rather than a strictly grammatical one.

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If you can accurately do that, then yes, you've put each word into one category (as far as making up grammatical sentences).

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They participate in the grammatical structure of English in exactly the same way.

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I've found several typos and other grammatical issues, and I'd love to be able to provide quick fixes for them.

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The grammatical basics seem a lot like Chinese, with similar word order, and a couple Japanese-esque particles thrown in (li ≈ が, e ≈ を).

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There are numerous grammatical issues that instantly reduce your credibility.

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Riddled with grammatical errors, this piece makes me chuckle.

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Oh, correcting grammatical mistakes is worth downvotes now?

Quote examples

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It is perfectly grammatical if "brick" is taken to be a verb.

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As I said above, the "the" overlays onto the grammatical structure after the "a" does.

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The "the" overlays onto the "all", "-s", or "a" to change the grammatical structure.

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I also said if "part of speech" is defined as being in the grammatical structure of languages, then "the" doesn't have a part of speech -- I was reinforcing the first point I made.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use grammatical in a sentence?

In short, grammar rules are constraints that have to unify in order to describe a grammatical utterance, instead of phrase-structure rules that generate sentences.

What does grammatical mean?

Of or pertaining to grammar.

What part of speech is grammatical?

grammatical is commonly used as adjective.