Grammatical
[grə'mætɪk(ə)l] or [grə'mætɪkl]
Definition
(adj.) conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; 'spoke in grammatical sentences' .
(adj.) of or pertaining to grammar; 'the grammatic structure of a sentence'; 'grammatical rules'; 'grammatical gender' .
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Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to grammar; of the nature of grammar; as, a grammatical rule.
(a.) According to the rules of grammar; grammatically correct; as, the sentence is not grammatical; the construction is not grammatical.
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Examples
- I took four lessons, and then I stuck fast in a grammatical bog. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It had grammatical forms and verbal devices of some complexity. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The same fundamental roots, the same grammatical ideas, are traceable through all this family. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- His'n, miss, returned Charley, whose grammatical education was advancing, but not very rapidly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- And we all pretend to be enormously surprised when the ignorant foreign vote prefers a corrupt political ring to a party of well-dressed, grammatical, and high-minded gentlemen. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Were they grammatical errors, or did you object to the substance? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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