Definition of grammar in English:

grammar

noun ˈɡraməˈɡræmər

1mass noun The whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.
语法学（通常认为包括句法和词法含屈折变化，有时也包括语音和语义）
Example sentencesExamples
- In terms of grammar, syntax, and spelling there are no important differences between the two, but the pronunciation and sound are different.
- Try to imagine a world without language; a world where words, grammar and syntax suddenly become meaningless.
- Certainly very few women before the 20th century shared the education of men who learned their grammar and syntax from the classics while women picked up what they could of both from men.
- According to his theory, humans produce language through a deep structure that enables them to generate and transfer their own grammar to any other language.
- There's at least one major error of spelling, punctuation, syntax, grammar or construction in every sentence.
- In fact, in 11 years of Ontario education, I have never been taught even the basics of grammar and sentence structure.
- Each of these languages features a highly inflected grammar.
- And John, I hope my grammar and syntax meet your very high standards.
- It also has a close relationship to Japanese in general structure, grammar, and vocabulary.
- By studying that language, by learning its grammar and syntax, one can unlock its subtle mysteries and gain a better understanding of the world.
- Because the source and target languages are different in vocabulary, syntax, and grammar, it involves compromises.
- In my experience, few English teachers know anything at all either about English grammar or about linguistics.
- Despite similarity in syntax, vocabulary, and grammar, the contemporary languages are mutually unintelligible.
- To analyse language and to define language disorders most linguists divide language into four domains: phonology, grammar, semantics, and pragmatics.
- They care about grammar, syntax, usage, denotation, connotation, etymology.
- The vocabulary may be altering more quickly than ever before - but the underlying grammar and syntax remains essentially the same.
- Short-term language therapy was recommended to help with grammar, syntax, and auditory discrimination.
- To understand writing requires knowledge of English grammar and syntax.
- Shakespeare explored and exploited to the full the potentials of the English language of his time, coining new words and bending grammar and syntax to serve his poetic and dramatic ends.
- While these languages shared phonology and grammar, they had entirely different vocabularies.
Synonyms
syntax, rules of language, morphology, semantics
linguistics, phonology
technical langue
1. 1.1usually with modifier A particular analysis of the system and structure of language or of a specific language.
  （某语言的）语法
  Chomskyan grammar
  Example sentencesExamples
  Note again that the rules of Chomskyan grammar are intended to explain the ability and the intuition of the native speaker of the language.
  Functional Grammar (FG) is a descriptive and theoretical model of the organization of natural (spoken and signed) language.
  This grammar is the first pedagogic grammar to integrate syntax and lexis using corpus data.
  The lesson here is that you actually need to have a pretty good control of descriptive grammar before you can intelligently engage in prescriptive grammar.
2. 1.2count noun A book on grammar.
  语法书
  my old Latin grammar
  我那本旧的拉丁文语法书。
  Example sentencesExamples
  They don't look anything up in serious grammars or dictionaries.
  Traditional grammars always tell you that adjectives are defined as words that modify nouns, and adverbs can be defined as words that modify other parts of speech - they modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and prepositions.
  Traditional grammars say that sentences express complete thoughts.
  This interest gathered serious strength during the Italian Renaissance, inspiring travellers such as Pietro della Valle in 1626, to bring back what proved to be Coptic grammars and dictionaries from the Middle East.
  Although it does carry standard grammars and dictionaries for the biblical languages, I've owned them all for over thirty years now and they are of no interest to me.
  Almost entirely in the specialist literature: in the big reference grammars of English, in college textbooks, and the like.
  In the later Middle Ages it became the linguistic basis of the scholastic speculative grammars, particularly in the University of Paris.
  Jamaican Creole, for instance, has grammars and dictionaries as well as de facto norms, but there is no standard Jamaican Creole.
  This book actually contains two grammar books: a primer for younger children and a grammar for older children.
  This version is the one most familiar to students of Old English literature, since it appeared in most Old English grammars and readers.
  Nevertheless, the notion was well recognized in older grammatical theories, in school grammars of Latin, for example.
  The friars and their native assistants produced an immense number of grammars, dictionaries, catechisms, confessional manuals, sermon outlines, chronicles, and even religious dramas.
  New grammars and dictionaries of the Old Icelandic language enabled the Victorians to grapple with primary texts, supported on occasion by contact with distinguished Icelandic scholars resident in Britain.
3. 1.3 A set of actual or presumed prescriptive notions about correct use of a language.
  语法规则
  it was not bad grammar, just dialect
  语法规则上来说不算错，但它是方言。
  Example sentencesExamples
  I just want to apologize for my bad grammar, but I'm trying!
  Use of these strategies does not result in better writing styles and more correct grammar, but it helps writers solve problems and discover new ideas.
  OK, so the grammar's awful, but the storyline hinted at in those few words could be fascinating.
  No hyphen, no comma or anything - but I couldn't do that to you on the blog because bad punctuation and grammar drives me crazy.
  There are guides to correct grammar, spelling and punctuation and examples from great writers.
  Standard English, with correct grammar, is spoken in formal situations.
  Nowhere did one find any of the sloppy grammar and syntax so much loved by today's pseudo intellectuals.
  Sal only ever resorted to the use of bad grammar and words such as ‘ain't’ when he was seriously hurting or stressed.
  All journalists I know correct a bit of bad grammar in an occasional quote, out of courtesy to the source and reader.
  But if it's Jamie speaking, it might be purposeful because she's 5 and doesn't always use correct grammar.
  My applications were struck out on technicalities and for not using the correct jargon, or for bad English grammar, but this should not have precluded me from having my case go to trial.
  Here again, type using proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling so your request is understood.
  There is little in terms of correct grammar and pronunciation that listeners can learn from them.
  While I agree that correct grammar is always a minimal requirement if you desire mutual understanding, I think that you are avoiding my point.
  It wasn't bad grammar, I meant exactly what I said.
  The youth press is, all too often, a place of bad grammar and inelegant sentences.
  Speaking as a moderator, I'd rather have correct spelling and grammar, as it makes comprehension easier, and am happy to deal with requests for corrections.
  Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation at all times.
  The student must write these using correct spelling and grammar or the answer will be counted wrong.
  In both your resume and cover letter, proper grammar and correct spelling are indispensable.
  The bad grammar, lack of punctuation and capitalisation are his trademarks.
4. 1.4 The basic elements of an area of knowledge or skill.
  （某门类知识和技能的）基本原理
  the grammar of wine
  葡萄酒制作的基本原理。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Because classroom training is, of necessity, strict, the impulse to play with the grammar of ballet has to be located within choreography courses or in other parts of the syllabus.
  Like a language, the military art has its own lexicon, grammar, and syntax.
  In short, theology is the grammar of religious discourse.
  Fluency with calculation is the basic grammar of mathematics.
  Nobody uses the grammar of film with more economy and precision.
  What follows is a painstaking analysis of the grammar of war, the way an army thinks, and what happens to the cities the author has so beautifully described in his other books when they get in the way of generals.
  Seeking realism, the programme uses the grammar of factual television: when a new character enters the room, the screen freezes and their name and job-title is typed on the screen.
  They must also understand the grammar of written music in order to express these sounds as symbols on paper.
5. 1.5Computing A set of rules governing what strings are valid or allowable in a language or text.
  〔计算机〕文法
  Example sentencesExamples
  A tree corresponding to the Newick string was generated by our grammar.
  I plan on continuing with the online grammar / editing conferences next semester.
  These six rules define the grammar of a two-function calculator designed to process input strings.
2British informal A grammar school.
〈英，非正式〉中学
Example sentencesExamples
- Instead all but two of the 77 schools making the top five per cent for adding value to pupils in the first three years of secondary school were selective grammars.
- There are the same number today educating about 20% of their secondary school students in grammars.
- The new money is to build partnerships between grammars and non-selective schools.
- While the Government may be keen to trumpet the success of its favoured specialist centres, looking at the basic GCSE and A-level results the top tables were however dominated by the private schools and the grammars.
- The subject is already becoming the preserve of certain schools - qualified physics teachers are more likely to be found in grammars, independents and colleges.
- Eight out of 10 of those who responded went to a comprehensive, while 9% attended private schools and 13% grammars.
- The academic lead of independent schools and girls' grammars may also reflect the difficulties state schools have in recruiting not only maths and science teachers but also those for languages.
- The department says the sample was ‘stratified ‘to represent different types of schools such as grammars and comprehensives.’
- At the Latymer school, a grammar in north London, 25 students achieved four As this year.
- Results of the tests determine whether they go to a grammar or a high school in September.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French gramaire, via Latin from Greek grammatikē (tekhnē) '(art) of letters', from gramma, grammat- 'letter of the alphabet, thing written'.

glamour from early 18th century:
Although the two words are rarely associated with each other, glamour and grammar are related. Glamour was originally a Scots word meaning ‘enchantment or magic’ or ‘a magic spell or charm’—if someone cast the glamour over you, they enchanted or bewitched you—and was an altered form of grammar. Greek gramma ‘a letter of the alphabet, something written down’ was the source of grammar, which in medieval times had the sense ‘scholarship or learning’. Learning and the study of books was popularly associated with astrology and occult practices, hence the connection with magic. ‘Magical beauty’ became associated with glamour in the mid 19th century, and from the 1930s the word was particularly used of attractive women. In the early 1970s a new kind of glamour was displayed largely by men—glam rock, in which acts wore exaggeratedly flamboyant clothes and glittery make-up. See also prestige

Rhymes

Alabama, clamour (US clamor), crammer, gamma, glamour (US glamor), gnamma, hammer, jammer, lamber, mamma, rammer, shammer, slammer, stammer, yammer

Definition of grammar in US English:

grammar

nounˈɡræmərˈɡramər

1The whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.
语法学（通常认为包括句法和词法含屈折变化，有时也包括语音和语义）
Example sentencesExamples
- The vocabulary may be altering more quickly than ever before - but the underlying grammar and syntax remains essentially the same.
- Short-term language therapy was recommended to help with grammar, syntax, and auditory discrimination.
- In terms of grammar, syntax, and spelling there are no important differences between the two, but the pronunciation and sound are different.
- Shakespeare explored and exploited to the full the potentials of the English language of his time, coining new words and bending grammar and syntax to serve his poetic and dramatic ends.
- While these languages shared phonology and grammar, they had entirely different vocabularies.
- Certainly very few women before the 20th century shared the education of men who learned their grammar and syntax from the classics while women picked up what they could of both from men.
- Because the source and target languages are different in vocabulary, syntax, and grammar, it involves compromises.
- To analyse language and to define language disorders most linguists divide language into four domains: phonology, grammar, semantics, and pragmatics.
- It also has a close relationship to Japanese in general structure, grammar, and vocabulary.
- Each of these languages features a highly inflected grammar.
- There's at least one major error of spelling, punctuation, syntax, grammar or construction in every sentence.
- Try to imagine a world without language; a world where words, grammar and syntax suddenly become meaningless.
- Despite similarity in syntax, vocabulary, and grammar, the contemporary languages are mutually unintelligible.
- In fact, in 11 years of Ontario education, I have never been taught even the basics of grammar and sentence structure.
- And John, I hope my grammar and syntax meet your very high standards.
- According to his theory, humans produce language through a deep structure that enables them to generate and transfer their own grammar to any other language.
- To understand writing requires knowledge of English grammar and syntax.
- They care about grammar, syntax, usage, denotation, connotation, etymology.
- In my experience, few English teachers know anything at all either about English grammar or about linguistics.
- By studying that language, by learning its grammar and syntax, one can unlock its subtle mysteries and gain a better understanding of the world.
Synonyms
syntax, rules of language, morphology, semantics
1. 1.1usually with modifier A particular analysis of the system and structure of language or of a specific language.
  （某语言的）语法
  Example sentencesExamples
  This grammar is the first pedagogic grammar to integrate syntax and lexis using corpus data.
  Note again that the rules of Chomskyan grammar are intended to explain the ability and the intuition of the native speaker of the language.
  The lesson here is that you actually need to have a pretty good control of descriptive grammar before you can intelligently engage in prescriptive grammar.
  Functional Grammar (FG) is a descriptive and theoretical model of the organization of natural (spoken and signed) language.
2. 1.2 A book on grammar.
  语法书
  my old Latin grammar
  我那本旧的拉丁文语法书。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The friars and their native assistants produced an immense number of grammars, dictionaries, catechisms, confessional manuals, sermon outlines, chronicles, and even religious dramas.
  They don't look anything up in serious grammars or dictionaries.
  Jamaican Creole, for instance, has grammars and dictionaries as well as de facto norms, but there is no standard Jamaican Creole.
  Traditional grammars always tell you that adjectives are defined as words that modify nouns, and adverbs can be defined as words that modify other parts of speech - they modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and prepositions.
  This interest gathered serious strength during the Italian Renaissance, inspiring travellers such as Pietro della Valle in 1626, to bring back what proved to be Coptic grammars and dictionaries from the Middle East.
  This version is the one most familiar to students of Old English literature, since it appeared in most Old English grammars and readers.
  This book actually contains two grammar books: a primer for younger children and a grammar for older children.
  Almost entirely in the specialist literature: in the big reference grammars of English, in college textbooks, and the like.
  Nevertheless, the notion was well recognized in older grammatical theories, in school grammars of Latin, for example.
  Traditional grammars say that sentences express complete thoughts.
  Although it does carry standard grammars and dictionaries for the biblical languages, I've owned them all for over thirty years now and they are of no interest to me.
  In the later Middle Ages it became the linguistic basis of the scholastic speculative grammars, particularly in the University of Paris.
  New grammars and dictionaries of the Old Icelandic language enabled the Victorians to grapple with primary texts, supported on occasion by contact with distinguished Icelandic scholars resident in Britain.
3. 1.3 A set of actual or presumed prescriptive notions about correct use of a language.
  语法规则
  it was not bad grammar, just dialect
  语法规则上来说不算错，但它是方言。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Standard English, with correct grammar, is spoken in formal situations.
  Speaking as a moderator, I'd rather have correct spelling and grammar, as it makes comprehension easier, and am happy to deal with requests for corrections.
  While I agree that correct grammar is always a minimal requirement if you desire mutual understanding, I think that you are avoiding my point.
  Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation at all times.
  The youth press is, all too often, a place of bad grammar and inelegant sentences.
  I just want to apologize for my bad grammar, but I'm trying!
  All journalists I know correct a bit of bad grammar in an occasional quote, out of courtesy to the source and reader.
  My applications were struck out on technicalities and for not using the correct jargon, or for bad English grammar, but this should not have precluded me from having my case go to trial.
  No hyphen, no comma or anything - but I couldn't do that to you on the blog because bad punctuation and grammar drives me crazy.
  There is little in terms of correct grammar and pronunciation that listeners can learn from them.
  Use of these strategies does not result in better writing styles and more correct grammar, but it helps writers solve problems and discover new ideas.
  There are guides to correct grammar, spelling and punctuation and examples from great writers.
  Here again, type using proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling so your request is understood.
  OK, so the grammar's awful, but the storyline hinted at in those few words could be fascinating.
  The bad grammar, lack of punctuation and capitalisation are his trademarks.
  But if it's Jamie speaking, it might be purposeful because she's 5 and doesn't always use correct grammar.
  The student must write these using correct spelling and grammar or the answer will be counted wrong.
  Nowhere did one find any of the sloppy grammar and syntax so much loved by today's pseudo intellectuals.
  Sal only ever resorted to the use of bad grammar and words such as ‘ain't’ when he was seriously hurting or stressed.
  In both your resume and cover letter, proper grammar and correct spelling are indispensable.
  It wasn't bad grammar, I meant exactly what I said.
4. 1.4 The basic elements of an area of knowledge or skill.
  （某门类知识和技能的）基本原理
  the grammar of wine
  葡萄酒制作的基本原理。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Because classroom training is, of necessity, strict, the impulse to play with the grammar of ballet has to be located within choreography courses or in other parts of the syllabus.
  Seeking realism, the programme uses the grammar of factual television: when a new character enters the room, the screen freezes and their name and job-title is typed on the screen.
  In short, theology is the grammar of religious discourse.
  Fluency with calculation is the basic grammar of mathematics.
  Nobody uses the grammar of film with more economy and precision.
  They must also understand the grammar of written music in order to express these sounds as symbols on paper.
  What follows is a painstaking analysis of the grammar of war, the way an army thinks, and what happens to the cities the author has so beautifully described in his other books when they get in the way of generals.
  Like a language, the military art has its own lexicon, grammar, and syntax.
5. 1.5Computing A set of rules governing what strings are valid or allowable in a language or text.
  〔计算机〕文法
  Example sentencesExamples
  These six rules define the grammar of a two-function calculator designed to process input strings.
  I plan on continuing with the online grammar / editing conferences next semester.
  A tree corresponding to the Newick string was generated by our grammar.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French gramaire, via Latin from Greek grammatikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of letters’, from gramma, grammat- ‘letter of the alphabet, thing written’.

词汇	grammar
释义	Definition of grammar in English: grammar noun ˈɡraməˈɡræmər 1mass noun The whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics. 语法学（通常认为包括句法和词法含屈折变化，有时也包括语音和语义） Example sentencesExamples In terms of grammar, syntax, and spelling there are no important differences between the two, but the pronunciation and sound are different. Try to imagine a world without language; a world where words, grammar and syntax suddenly become meaningless. Certainly very few women before the 20th century shared the education of men who learned their grammar and syntax from the classics while women picked up what they could of both from men. According to his theory, humans produce language through a deep structure that enables them to generate and transfer their own grammar to any other language. There's at least one major error of spelling, punctuation, syntax, grammar or construction in every sentence. In fact, in 11 years of Ontario education, I have never been taught even the basics of grammar and sentence structure. Each of these languages features a highly inflected grammar. And John, I hope my grammar and syntax meet your very high standards. It also has a close relationship to Japanese in general structure, grammar, and vocabulary. By studying that language, by learning its grammar and syntax, one can unlock its subtle mysteries and gain a better understanding of the world. Because the source and target languages are different in vocabulary, syntax, and grammar, it involves compromises. In my experience, few English teachers know anything at all either about English grammar or about linguistics. Despite similarity in syntax, vocabulary, and grammar, the contemporary languages are mutually unintelligible. To analyse language and to define language disorders most linguists divide language into four domains: phonology, grammar, semantics, and pragmatics. They care about grammar, syntax, usage, denotation, connotation, etymology. The vocabulary may be altering more quickly than ever before - but the underlying grammar and syntax remains essentially the same. Short-term language therapy was recommended to help with grammar, syntax, and auditory discrimination. To understand writing requires knowledge of English grammar and syntax. Shakespeare explored and exploited to the full the potentials of the English language of his time, coining new words and bending grammar and syntax to serve his poetic and dramatic ends. While these languages shared phonology and grammar, they had entirely different vocabularies. Synonyms syntax, rules of language, morphology, semantics linguistics, phonology technical langue 1.1usually with modifier A particular analysis of the system and structure of language or of a specific language. （某语言的）语法 Chomskyan grammar Example sentencesExamples Note again that the rules of Chomskyan grammar are intended to explain the ability and the intuition of the native speaker of the language. Functional Grammar (FG) is a descriptive and theoretical model of the organization of natural (spoken and signed) language. This grammar is the first pedagogic grammar to integrate syntax and lexis using corpus data. The lesson here is that you actually need to have a pretty good control of descriptive grammar before you can intelligently engage in prescriptive grammar. 1.2count noun A book on grammar. 语法书 my old Latin grammar 我那本旧的拉丁文语法书。 Example sentencesExamples They don't look anything up in serious grammars or dictionaries. Traditional grammars always tell you that adjectives are defined as words that modify nouns, and adverbs can be defined as words that modify other parts of speech - they modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and prepositions. Traditional grammars say that sentences express complete thoughts. This interest gathered serious strength during the Italian Renaissance, inspiring travellers such as Pietro della Valle in 1626, to bring back what proved to be Coptic grammars and dictionaries from the Middle East. Although it does carry standard grammars and dictionaries for the biblical languages, I've owned them all for over thirty years now and they are of no interest to me. Almost entirely in the specialist literature: in the big reference grammars of English, in college textbooks, and the like. In the later Middle Ages it became the linguistic basis of the scholastic speculative grammars, particularly in the University of Paris. Jamaican Creole, for instance, has grammars and dictionaries as well as de facto norms, but there is no standard Jamaican Creole. This book actually contains two grammar books: a primer for younger children and a grammar for older children. This version is the one most familiar to students of Old English literature, since it appeared in most Old English grammars and readers. Nevertheless, the notion was well recognized in older grammatical theories, in school grammars of Latin, for example. The friars and their native assistants produced an immense number of grammars, dictionaries, catechisms, confessional manuals, sermon outlines, chronicles, and even religious dramas. New grammars and dictionaries of the Old Icelandic language enabled the Victorians to grapple with primary texts, supported on occasion by contact with distinguished Icelandic scholars resident in Britain. 1.3 A set of actual or presumed prescriptive notions about correct use of a language. 语法规则 it was not bad grammar, just dialect 语法规则上来说不算错，但它是方言。 Example sentencesExamples I just want to apologize for my bad grammar, but I'm trying! Use of these strategies does not result in better writing styles and more correct grammar, but it helps writers solve problems and discover new ideas. OK, so the grammar's awful, but the storyline hinted at in those few words could be fascinating. No hyphen, no comma or anything - but I couldn't do that to you on the blog because bad punctuation and grammar drives me crazy. There are guides to correct grammar, spelling and punctuation and examples from great writers. Standard English, with correct grammar, is spoken in formal situations. Nowhere did one find any of the sloppy grammar and syntax so much loved by today's pseudo intellectuals. Sal only ever resorted to the use of bad grammar and words such as ‘ain't’ when he was seriously hurting or stressed. All journalists I know correct a bit of bad grammar in an occasional quote, out of courtesy to the source and reader. But if it's Jamie speaking, it might be purposeful because she's 5 and doesn't always use correct grammar. My applications were struck out on technicalities and for not using the correct jargon, or for bad English grammar, but this should not have precluded me from having my case go to trial. Here again, type using proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling so your request is understood. There is little in terms of correct grammar and pronunciation that listeners can learn from them. While I agree that correct grammar is always a minimal requirement if you desire mutual understanding, I think that you are avoiding my point. It wasn't bad grammar, I meant exactly what I said. The youth press is, all too often, a place of bad grammar and inelegant sentences. Speaking as a moderator, I'd rather have correct spelling and grammar, as it makes comprehension easier, and am happy to deal with requests for corrections. Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation at all times. The student must write these using correct spelling and grammar or the answer will be counted wrong. In both your resume and cover letter, proper grammar and correct spelling are indispensable. The bad grammar, lack of punctuation and capitalisation are his trademarks. 1.4 The basic elements of an area of knowledge or skill. （某门类知识和技能的）基本原理 the grammar of wine 葡萄酒制作的基本原理。 Example sentencesExamples Because classroom training is, of necessity, strict, the impulse to play with the grammar of ballet has to be located within choreography courses or in other parts of the syllabus. Like a language, the military art has its own lexicon, grammar, and syntax. In short, theology is the grammar of religious discourse. Fluency with calculation is the basic grammar of mathematics. Nobody uses the grammar of film with more economy and precision. What follows is a painstaking analysis of the grammar of war, the way an army thinks, and what happens to the cities the author has so beautifully described in his other books when they get in the way of generals. Seeking realism, the programme uses the grammar of factual television: when a new character enters the room, the screen freezes and their name and job-title is typed on the screen. They must also understand the grammar of written music in order to express these sounds as symbols on paper. 1.5Computing A set of rules governing what strings are valid or allowable in a language or text. 〔计算机〕文法 Example sentencesExamples A tree corresponding to the Newick string was generated by our grammar. I plan on continuing with the online grammar / editing conferences next semester. These six rules define the grammar of a two-function calculator designed to process input strings. 2British informal A grammar school. 〈英，非正式〉中学 Example sentencesExamples Instead all but two of the 77 schools making the top five per cent for adding value to pupils in the first three years of secondary school were selective grammars. There are the same number today educating about 20% of their secondary school students in grammars. The new money is to build partnerships between grammars and non-selective schools. While the Government may be keen to trumpet the success of its favoured specialist centres, looking at the basic GCSE and A-level results the top tables were however dominated by the private schools and the grammars. The subject is already becoming the preserve of certain schools - qualified physics teachers are more likely to be found in grammars, independents and colleges. Eight out of 10 of those who responded went to a comprehensive, while 9% attended private schools and 13% grammars. The academic lead of independent schools and girls' grammars may also reflect the difficulties state schools have in recruiting not only maths and science teachers but also those for languages. The department says the sample was ‘stratified ‘to represent different types of schools such as grammars and comprehensives.’ At the Latymer school, a grammar in north London, 25 students achieved four As this year. Results of the tests determine whether they go to a grammar or a high school in September. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French gramaire, via Latin from Greek grammatikē (tekhnē) '(art) of letters', from gramma, grammat- 'letter of the alphabet, thing written'. glamour from early 18th century: Although the two words are rarely associated with each other, glamour and grammar are related. Glamour was originally a Scots word meaning ‘enchantment or magic’ or ‘a magic spell or charm’—if someone cast the glamour over you, they enchanted or bewitched you—and was an altered form of grammar. Greek gramma ‘a letter of the alphabet, something written down’ was the source of grammar, which in medieval times had the sense ‘scholarship or learning’. Learning and the study of books was popularly associated with astrology and occult practices, hence the connection with magic. ‘Magical beauty’ became associated with glamour in the mid 19th century, and from the 1930s the word was particularly used of attractive women. In the early 1970s a new kind of glamour was displayed largely by men—glam rock, in which acts wore exaggeratedly flamboyant clothes and glittery make-up. See also prestige Rhymes Alabama, clamour (US clamor), crammer, gamma, glamour (US glamor), gnamma, hammer, jammer, lamber, mamma, rammer, shammer, slammer, stammer, yammer Definition of grammar in US English: grammar nounˈɡræmərˈɡramər 1The whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics. 语法学（通常认为包括句法和词法含屈折变化，有时也包括语音和语义） Example sentencesExamples The vocabulary may be altering more quickly than ever before - but the underlying grammar and syntax remains essentially the same. Short-term language therapy was recommended to help with grammar, syntax, and auditory discrimination. In terms of grammar, syntax, and spelling there are no important differences between the two, but the pronunciation and sound are different. Shakespeare explored and exploited to the full the potentials of the English language of his time, coining new words and bending grammar and syntax to serve his poetic and dramatic ends. While these languages shared phonology and grammar, they had entirely different vocabularies. Certainly very few women before the 20th century shared the education of men who learned their grammar and syntax from the classics while women picked up what they could of both from men. Because the source and target languages are different in vocabulary, syntax, and grammar, it involves compromises. To analyse language and to define language disorders most linguists divide language into four domains: phonology, grammar, semantics, and pragmatics. It also has a close relationship to Japanese in general structure, grammar, and vocabulary. Each of these languages features a highly inflected grammar. There's at least one major error of spelling, punctuation, syntax, grammar or construction in every sentence. Try to imagine a world without language; a world where words, grammar and syntax suddenly become meaningless. Despite similarity in syntax, vocabulary, and grammar, the contemporary languages are mutually unintelligible. In fact, in 11 years of Ontario education, I have never been taught even the basics of grammar and sentence structure. And John, I hope my grammar and syntax meet your very high standards. According to his theory, humans produce language through a deep structure that enables them to generate and transfer their own grammar to any other language. To understand writing requires knowledge of English grammar and syntax. They care about grammar, syntax, usage, denotation, connotation, etymology. In my experience, few English teachers know anything at all either about English grammar or about linguistics. By studying that language, by learning its grammar and syntax, one can unlock its subtle mysteries and gain a better understanding of the world. Synonyms syntax, rules of language, morphology, semantics 1.1usually with modifier A particular analysis of the system and structure of language or of a specific language. （某语言的）语法 Example sentencesExamples This grammar is the first pedagogic grammar to integrate syntax and lexis using corpus data. Note again that the rules of Chomskyan grammar are intended to explain the ability and the intuition of the native speaker of the language. The lesson here is that you actually need to have a pretty good control of descriptive grammar before you can intelligently engage in prescriptive grammar. Functional Grammar (FG) is a descriptive and theoretical model of the organization of natural (spoken and signed) language. 1.2 A book on grammar. 语法书 my old Latin grammar 我那本旧的拉丁文语法书。 Example sentencesExamples The friars and their native assistants produced an immense number of grammars, dictionaries, catechisms, confessional manuals, sermon outlines, chronicles, and even religious dramas. They don't look anything up in serious grammars or dictionaries. Jamaican Creole, for instance, has grammars and dictionaries as well as de facto norms, but there is no standard Jamaican Creole. Traditional grammars always tell you that adjectives are defined as words that modify nouns, and adverbs can be defined as words that modify other parts of speech - they modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and prepositions. This interest gathered serious strength during the Italian Renaissance, inspiring travellers such as Pietro della Valle in 1626, to bring back what proved to be Coptic grammars and dictionaries from the Middle East. This version is the one most familiar to students of Old English literature, since it appeared in most Old English grammars and readers. This book actually contains two grammar books: a primer for younger children and a grammar for older children. Almost entirely in the specialist literature: in the big reference grammars of English, in college textbooks, and the like. Nevertheless, the notion was well recognized in older grammatical theories, in school grammars of Latin, for example. Traditional grammars say that sentences express complete thoughts. Although it does carry standard grammars and dictionaries for the biblical languages, I've owned them all for over thirty years now and they are of no interest to me. In the later Middle Ages it became the linguistic basis of the scholastic speculative grammars, particularly in the University of Paris. New grammars and dictionaries of the Old Icelandic language enabled the Victorians to grapple with primary texts, supported on occasion by contact with distinguished Icelandic scholars resident in Britain. 1.3 A set of actual or presumed prescriptive notions about correct use of a language. 语法规则 it was not bad grammar, just dialect 语法规则上来说不算错，但它是方言。 Example sentencesExamples Standard English, with correct grammar, is spoken in formal situations. Speaking as a moderator, I'd rather have correct spelling and grammar, as it makes comprehension easier, and am happy to deal with requests for corrections. While I agree that correct grammar is always a minimal requirement if you desire mutual understanding, I think that you are avoiding my point. Use correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation at all times. The youth press is, all too often, a place of bad grammar and inelegant sentences. I just want to apologize for my bad grammar, but I'm trying! All journalists I know correct a bit of bad grammar in an occasional quote, out of courtesy to the source and reader. My applications were struck out on technicalities and for not using the correct jargon, or for bad English grammar, but this should not have precluded me from having my case go to trial. No hyphen, no comma or anything - but I couldn't do that to you on the blog because bad punctuation and grammar drives me crazy. There is little in terms of correct grammar and pronunciation that listeners can learn from them. Use of these strategies does not result in better writing styles and more correct grammar, but it helps writers solve problems and discover new ideas. There are guides to correct grammar, spelling and punctuation and examples from great writers. Here again, type using proper sentence structure, grammar and spelling so your request is understood. OK, so the grammar's awful, but the storyline hinted at in those few words could be fascinating. The bad grammar, lack of punctuation and capitalisation are his trademarks. But if it's Jamie speaking, it might be purposeful because she's 5 and doesn't always use correct grammar. The student must write these using correct spelling and grammar or the answer will be counted wrong. Nowhere did one find any of the sloppy grammar and syntax so much loved by today's pseudo intellectuals. Sal only ever resorted to the use of bad grammar and words such as ‘ain't’ when he was seriously hurting or stressed. In both your resume and cover letter, proper grammar and correct spelling are indispensable. It wasn't bad grammar, I meant exactly what I said. 1.4 The basic elements of an area of knowledge or skill. （某门类知识和技能的）基本原理 the grammar of wine 葡萄酒制作的基本原理。 Example sentencesExamples Because classroom training is, of necessity, strict, the impulse to play with the grammar of ballet has to be located within choreography courses or in other parts of the syllabus. Seeking realism, the programme uses the grammar of factual television: when a new character enters the room, the screen freezes and their name and job-title is typed on the screen. In short, theology is the grammar of religious discourse. Fluency with calculation is the basic grammar of mathematics. Nobody uses the grammar of film with more economy and precision. They must also understand the grammar of written music in order to express these sounds as symbols on paper. What follows is a painstaking analysis of the grammar of war, the way an army thinks, and what happens to the cities the author has so beautifully described in his other books when they get in the way of generals. Like a language, the military art has its own lexicon, grammar, and syntax. 1.5Computing A set of rules governing what strings are valid or allowable in a language or text. 〔计算机〕文法 Example sentencesExamples These six rules define the grammar of a two-function calculator designed to process input strings. I plan on continuing with the online grammar / editing conferences next semester. A tree corresponding to the Newick string was generated by our grammar. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French gramaire, via Latin from Greek grammatikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of letters’, from gramma, grammat- ‘letter of the alphabet, thing written’.
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