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late 14c., "Latin grammar, rules of Latin," from Old French gramaire "grammar; learning," especially Latin and philology, also "(magic) incantation, spells, mumbo-jumbo" [..]
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study of the way language is constructed.
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the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics) In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of sentence [..]
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A grammar is a description of the rules of the structure of a language; the way words combine, the order they come in, the way they change according to their relationship to other words, how they buil [..]
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The structural rules that generate meaning within language. Grammar uses sounds, words and symbols in phrases and sentences so that things make sense.
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the study of the way people put words together when they speak or write
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The structure of the language we use and the description of language as a system. In describing language, attention is paid to both structure (form) and meaning (function) at the level of the construc [..]
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Linguistics. Abstract system of rules describing how a language works. Traditionally consists of syntax and morphology with the modern systems of phonology and semantics.
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gramatik
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dikdek
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A book written to instruct students in the formal rules of speaking and writing a language, based on scholarly study of its morphology and syntax. During the Middle Ages, the term referred to the stud [..]
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To dream that you are studying grammar, denotes you are soon to make a wise choice in momentous opportunities.   
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The study of grammar in medieval education included not only the study of the main elements of language but also a study of modes of expression. A student of grammar in the Middle Ages would expect to [..]
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All of the rules for usage of a particular language.
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the rules that govern the structure of a particular language; the system of inflections and syntax of a language; the branch of linguistics that involves the study of the rules of language;
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See syntax
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the study of classes and functions of words, how words are said, and how words relate in a sentence.
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The set of rules that together specify the allowed ways an alphabet can be put together to forms strings of symbols in a given language. See: Alphabet, Language, Syntax.
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Computer languages have very strict and fragile grammars. Grammars can be classified by how easy it is to mechanically analyse, that is parse, them. Analysis is usually broken into two phases, breakin [..]
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(n) the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics)
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Zenod’otos invented the terms singular, plural, and dual.
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Cf. LINGUISTICS
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the set of rules one needs to know in order to competently form sentences in a language.
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A level of linguistics which is concerned with the manner in which words combine together structurally to form sentences. In this sense grammar is a descriptive phenomenon. It can also be used to refe [..]
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A precise description of a formal language, such as XML, consisting of sets of rules for how strings (words) in the language can be generated, and how the strings can be recognized as part of the lang [..]
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the study of how linguistic units combine to form sentences; also, the system of rules implicit in a language.
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 The formal system for describing the structure of a language or the rules of its use. We combine words into larger units. Grammar covers the system of rules that specify such combinations. The rules [..]
Source: writingenglish.com

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a systematic description of the syntax of a language. The C++ grammar is large and rather messy. Some of the syntactic complexity was inherited from C. TC++PL A, D&E 2.8.
Source: stroustrup.com

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The set of rules that govern how messages are assembled for a given language, system, or medium. Grammar works with the vocabulary to create messages or convey information.
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the system of language in general, consists of syntax, morphology, phonology and semantics.
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A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language. (uncountable,linguistics) The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction o [..]
Source: en.wiktionary.org

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