grammatically

According to rules

Grammatically means in a way that conforms to the rules of grammar: The sentence is grammatically correct but awkward.

It describes whether words are properly arranged and inflected according to a language's structural conventions.

Something can be grammatically sound yet stylistically poor, or vice versa.

structure

syntax

Rules for arranging words

  • sentenceComplete thought, grammatically
  • clauseProvision in agreement
  • phraseWords forming partial meaning

subject · predicate · object · modifier · agreement · conjugation · declension · parsing · diagramming · construction

correctness

accuracy

Degree of correctness

prescriptive · normative · usage · error · mistake · solecism · agreement · concordance · well-formed · acceptable

inflection

tense

Strained or nervous

  • moodPrevailing emotional condition
  • aspectFeature or dimension
  • caseContainer or instance

number · gender · person · voice · conjugation · declension · morphology · suffix · ending · agreement

parts-of-speech

noun

Word naming something

pronoun · preposition · conjunction · interjection · article · participle · gerund · infinitive · determiner · auxiliary

Categories
Opposites
linguistic correctness

grammaticallyungrammatically

Against syntax rules

incorrectly · improperly · erroneously · illiterately · brokenly

level of linguistic analysis

grammaticallysemantically

Regarding linguistic meaning

lexically · phonologically · phonetically · pragmatically · morphologically

Phrases
Family

grammatical, ungrammatical, grammaticality

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