Definition of Grammar. Meaning of Grammar. Synonyms of Grammar

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Definition of Grammar

Grammar
Grammar Gram"mar, n. [OE. gramere, OF. gramaire, F. grammaire Prob. fr. L. gramatica Gr ?, fem. of ? skilled in grammar, fr. ? letter. See Gramme, Graphic, and cf. Grammatical, Gramarye.] 1. The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing. Note: The whole fabric of grammar rests upon the classifying of words according to their function in the sentence. --Bain. 2. The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar. The original bad grammar and bad spelling. --Macaulay. 3. A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing. 4. treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography. Comparative grammar, the science which determines the relations of kindred languages by examining and comparing their grammatical forms. Grammar school. (a) A school, usually endowed, in which Latin and Greek grammar are taught, as also other studies preparatory to colleges or universities; as, the famous Rugby Grammar School. This use of the word is more common in England than in the United States. When any town shall increase to the number of a hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the University. --Mass. Records (1647). (b) In the American system of graded common schools an intermediate grade between the primary school and the high school, in which the principles of English grammar are taught.
Grammar
Grammar Gram"mar, v. i. To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.

Meaning of Grammar from wikipedia

- In linguistics, the grammar (from Ancient Gr**** γραμματική grammatikḗ) of a natural language is its set of structural constraints on speakers' or writers'...
- A grammar school is one of several different types of school in the history of education in the United Kingdom and other English-speaking countries, originally...
- Grammarly is an American-based Ukrainian technology company that provides a digital writing ****istance tool. It detects spelling, punctuation, and other...
- London Grammar are an English indie pop band formed in Nottingham in 2009. The band consists of Hannah Reid, Dan Rothman and Dominic 'Dot' Major. Their...
- Country Grammar is the debut studio album by American rapper Nelly. It was released on June 27, 2000, by Universal Records. The production on the album...
- In formal language theory, a grammar (when the context is not given, often called a formal grammar for clarity) describes how to form strings from a language's...
- A grammar checker, in computing terms, is a program, or part of a program, that attempts to verify written text for grammatical correctness. Grammar checkers...
- works on grammar were written long before modern syntax came about). In the West, the school of thought that came to be known as "traditional grammar" began...
- Universal grammar (UG), in modern linguistics, is the theory of the genetic component of the language faculty, usually credited to Noam Chomsky. The basic...
- theoretical computer science and formal language theory, a regular grammar is a formal grammar such that all its production rules are of one of the following...
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