1. Noun
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 right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.
2. Noun
The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.
3. Noun
A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.
4. Noun
treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography.
5. Verb
To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
6. Noun
The patterns that determine how words and sentences are formed.
The system of rules and patterns governing the structure of a language.
“The construction follows the grammar of standard English.”
7. Noun
the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
Vocabulary classified under Spelling and grammar
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