grammatical accuracy
Proper sentence structure
Grammatical accuracy is correctness in applying the rules of grammar—proper verb tenses, subject-verb agreement, pronoun reference, and sentence structure.
The term appears most often in language teaching and assessment: The essay showed strong ideas but lacked grammatical accuracy.
Native speakers may produce grammatical errors in casual speech without consequence, but written contexts typically demand higher accuracy.
- inflectional endingsBound morphemes marking grammar
- sentence structureWord arrangement in clauses
- word orderSentence structure pattern
- run-on sentencesImproperly joined independent clauses
- verb conjugationAltering action-word forms
verb tenses · morphemes · subject-verb agreement · modifiers · pluralization · punctuation rules · dangling modifiers · noun phrases · parallelism · split infinitives · double negatives · active voice · passive voice · root words · dependent clauses · compound words · compound sentences · comma splices
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Persuasive verbal grace
creative expression · poetic license · fluency · naturalness · voice
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