grammars

noun

  1. 1

    A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.

  2. 2

    The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).

  3. 3

    A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.

  4. 4

    A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.

  5. 5

    Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.

  6. 6

    A formal system defining a formal language

  7. 7

    The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.

  8. 8

    A textbook.

    a grammar of geography
  9. 9

    A grammar school.

    2012, Graeme Paton, A green light for more grammars? (in The Daily Telegraph, 11 January 2012)

verb

  1. 1

    To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

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