grammatical
Properly structured language
Grammatical means conforming to the rules of grammar—the system governing how words combine into sentences.
A grammatical sentence follows these structural conventions: That sentence isn't grammatical.
The word also means relating to grammar as a subject: grammatical analysis, grammatical categories.
Native speakers often produce grammatical sentences without being able to explain the rules they're following.
Rules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- phonologyScience of language sounds
- pragmaticsLanguage-in-context study
lexicon · dialect · fluency · conjugation · declension · inflection · parsing · agreement
Socially appropriate
- correctFree from error
- incorrectNot accurate or true
- errorFault in communication
- mistakeWrong action or decision
solecism · usage · standard · nonstandard · acceptable · inappropriate · well-formed · ill-formed
Complete thought, grammatically
- clauseProvision in agreement
- phraseWords forming partial meaning
- subjectMatter under discussion
- predicateSentence's non-subject portion
object · complement · dependent · independent · subordinate · coordinate · compound · complex
Word naming something
- verbAction-expressing word
- adjectiveNoun-describing word type
- adverbVerb or adjective modifier
- pronounNoun's grammatical replacement
preposition · conjunction · interjection · article · determiner · participle · gerund · infinitive
syntax
Rules for arranging words
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- phonologyScience of language sounds
pragmatics · lexicon · dialect · fluency · conjugation · declension · inflection · parsing · agreement · usage
proper
Socially appropriate
mistake · solecism · usage · standard · nonstandard · acceptable · inappropriate · well-formed · ill-formed · prescriptive
sentence
Complete thought, grammatically
predicate · object · complement · dependent · independent · subordinate · coordinate · compound · complex · simple
noun
Word naming something
pronoun · preposition · conjunction · interjection · article · determiner · participle · gerund · infinitive · modifier
tense
Strained or nervous
case · gender · number · person · agreement · singular · plural · genitive · dative · accusative
grammaticalungrammatical
Breaking syntax rules
ill-formed · incorrect · malformed · unacceptable · broken
- grammatical errorsViolations of language rules
- grammatical aspectVerb's temporal structure
- grammatical rulesStandards governing correct sentences
- grammatical blunderError in sentence construction
- grammatical categoryClassification of linguistic units
- grammatical gendersLinguistic noun categorization system
grammatical aspect, grammatical category, grammatically, ungrammatical, grammaticality