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Grammatical

Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.

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Grammar 74% connected

The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grammar 74% connected

The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the…

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Grammar 66% connected

The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the…

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Grammatic 92% connected

Grammatical.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Agree verb · 78% connection

be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life…

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Agreement noun · 78% connection

compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in corresponden…

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Antecedent noun · 78% connection

the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

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Concord verb · 78% connection

be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life…

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Concur verb · 78% connection

be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life…

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Correspondence noun · 78% connection

compatibility of observations; "there was no agreement between theory and measurement"; "the results of two tests were in corresponden…

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Hold verb · 78% connection

be in accord; be in agreement; "We agreed on the terms of the settlement"; "I can't agree with you!"; "I hold with those who say life…

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Number noun · 78% connection

the grammatical category for the forms of nouns and pronouns and verbs that are used depending on the number of entities involved (sin…

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Number agreement noun · 78% connection

agreement in number between words in the same grammatical construction (e.g., between adjectives and the nouns they modify)

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Person noun · 78% connection

a grammatical category used in the classification of pronouns, possessive determiners, and verb forms according to whether they indica…

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Person agreement noun · 78% connection

agreement in person between pronouns and verbs

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Plural adjective · 78% connection

grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units

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Pronoun noun · 78% connection

a function word that is used in place of a noun or noun phrase

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Singular adjective · 78% connection

being a single and separate person or thing; "can the singular person be understood apart from his culture?"; "every fact in the world…

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Subject noun · 78% connection

(grammar) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the grammatical constituent about which something is predicated

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Verb noun · 78% connection

the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence

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Well-formed adjective · 78% connection

conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences"

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Gender noun · 78% connection

a grammatical category in inflected languages governing the agreement between nouns and pronouns and adjectives; in some languages it…

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Accidence noun · 78% connection

The accidents, of inflections of words; the rudiments of grammar.

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Accusatively adverb · 78% connection

In relation to the accusative case in grammar.

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Antinomy noun · 78% connection

Opposition of one law or rule to another law or rule.

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Archy unknown · 78% connection

A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch.

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Bad adjective · 78% connection

nonstandard; "so-called bad grammar"

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Clause noun · 78% connection

(grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence

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Coronis noun · 78% connection

In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable.

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Derivation noun · 78% connection

The act of tracing origin or descent, as in grammar or genealogy; as, the derivation of a word from an Aryan root.

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Descriptive grammar noun · 78% connection

a grammar that is produced by descriptive linguistics

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Donat noun · 78% connection

A grammar.

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Drill noun · 78% connection

Any exercise, physical or mental, enforced with regularity and by constant repetition; as, a severe drill in Latin grammar.

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Epicene a. & n. · 78% connection

Common to both sexes; -- a term applied, in grammar, to such nouns as have but one form of gender, either the masculine or feminine, t…

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Etymology noun · 78% connection

That part of grammar which relates to the changes in the form of the words in a language; inflection.

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Example noun · 78% connection

An instance serving for illustration of a rule or precept, especially a problem to be solved, or a case to be determined, as an exerci…

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Exception noun · 78% connection

an instance that does not conform to a rule or generalization; "all her children were brilliant; the only exception was her last child…

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False superl. · 78% connection

Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous; as, a false claim; a false conclusion; a false construction in grammar.

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Generative grammar noun · 78% connection

(linguistics) a type of grammar that describes syntax in terms of a set of logical rules that can generate all and only the infinite n…

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Grammarian noun · 78% connection

One versed in grammar, or the construction of languages; a philologist.

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