grammar
Sentence structure system
Grammar is the system of rules governing how words combine into sentences—how they inflect, agree, and arrange themselves.
Native speakers internalize grammar without formal study; what schools teach as "grammar" is largely style and usage conventions.
Her grammar is impeccable.
Grammar also refers to a book describing such rules: a Latin grammar.
Punctuation marking pauses
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- semicolonPunctuation joining related clauses
- colonLarge intestine section
- dashQuick burst or pinch
hyphen · apostrophe · quotation · ellipsis · bracket · parenthesis · exclamation · question
Rules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- clauseProvision in agreement
subject · predicate · object · complement · modifier · constituent · dependency · diagramming
Verb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
- tenseStrained or nervous
- aspectFeature or dimension
- moodPrevailing emotional condition
voice · agreement · case · number · gender · person · paradigm · accidence
Word naming something
- verbAction-expressing word
- adjectiveNoun-describing word type
- adverbVerb or adjective modifier
- prepositionRelational grammar term
conjunction · interjection · pronoun · determiner · article · participle · gerund · infinitive
Art of persuasive language
- triviumFoundational verbal arts trio
- logicScience of valid reasoning
- LatinAncient Roman language
- GreekOf Athenian origin
classical · philology · linguistics · Chomsky · prescriptivism · descriptivism
State of being accurate
- usageAct of employing something
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
- standardLevel of quality accepted
rules · error · mistake · pedantry · purist · stickler · whom · solecism
Syntax-interpreting program
- NLPMachine language comprehension
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
- chunkerSomething that divides wholes
- tokenizerText segmentation tool
corpus · annotation · spellcheck · autocorrect · Grammarly
Unit of teaching
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- workbookEducational exercise manual
- drillHole-boring device
- correctionFixing of mistakes
teacher · ESL · TEFL · acquisition · native-speaker · immersion
comma
Punctuation marking pauses
- periodPunctuation ending sentences
- semicolonPunctuation joining related clauses
- colonLarge intestine section
dash · hyphen · apostrophe · quotation · ellipsis · bracket · parenthesis · exclamation · question · interrobang
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
clause · subject · predicate · object · complement · modifier · constituent · dependency · diagramming · transformational
conjugation
Verb form variation system
- declensionNoun form variation
- tenseStrained or nervous
- aspectFeature or dimension
mood · voice · agreement · case · number · gender · person · paradigm · accidence · morpheme
noun
Word naming something
preposition · conjunction · interjection · pronoun · determiner · article · participle · gerund · infinitive · auxiliary
rhetoric
Art of persuasive language
Greek · classical · philology · linguistics · Chomsky · prescriptivism · descriptivism
correctness
State of being accurate
- usageAct of employing something
- conventionAgreed standard of behavior
- proprietyCorrectness of conduct
standard · rules · error · mistake · pedantry · purist · stickler · whom · solecism · barbarism
parser
Syntax-interpreting program
- NLPMachine language comprehension
- taggingAttaching identifying markers
- chunkerSomething that divides wholes
tokenizer · corpus · annotation · spellcheck · autocorrect · Grammarly
lesson
Unit of teaching
correction · teacher · ESL · TEFL · acquisition · native-speaker · immersion
- languagelanguage, word, words, spelling, alphabet
- Language & Wordstranslation, etymology, vocabulary, phonetics, dialects
- writing-related termsparagraph, sentence, word, letter, punctuation
- schoolworkhomework, assignment, assignments, reading, essays
- English skillsvocabulary, reading, writing, speaking, listening
- language learningvocabulary lists, lessons, acquisition, basic vocabulary, TEFL
grammargibberish
Unintelligible speech or writing
solecism · incoherence · word salad · broken English · chaos
grammarmath
Study of numbers
mathematics · arithmetic · algebra · calculus · science
- grammatical errorsViolations of language rules
- grammar schoolElementary educational institution
- grammar rulesLanguage structure standards
- proper grammarStandard language rules
- grammar policeInformal term for usage sticklers
- grammar checkerTool that finds errors
grammatical, grammarian, grammars, grammarians, grammatically, ungrammatical, grammar school, grammaticality, grammar checker