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My father was an autodidact. It wasn't a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school. He was denied an education - he had a horrible childhood. He got a place at a grammar school and wasn't allowed to go.
Kate Atkinson

Meaning of "grammar" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD GRAMMAR

From Old French gramaire, from Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatikē ( tekhnē) the grammatical (art), from grammatikos concerning letters, from gramma letter.
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PRONUNCIATION OF GRAMMAR

grammar  [ˈɡræmə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAMMAR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grammar is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GRAMMAR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Grammar

In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules governing the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics.

Definition of grammar in the English dictionary

The first definition of grammar in the dictionary is the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology, sometimes also phonology and semantics. Other definition of grammar is the abstract system of rules in terms of which a person's mastery of his native language can be explained. Grammar is also a systematic description of the grammatical facts of a language.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH GRAMMAR


Alabama
ˌæləˈbæmə
anagrammer
ˈænəˌɡræmə
crammer
ˈkræmə
damar
ˈdæmə
deprogrammer
diːˈprəʊɡræmə
gamma
ˈɡæmə
glamor
ˈɡlæmə
glamour
ˈɡlæmə
hammer
ˈhæmə
jammer
ˈdʒæmə
monogrammer
ˈmɒnəˈɡræmə
nonprogrammer
nɒnˈprəʊɡræmə
programer
ˈprəʊɡræmə
programmer
ˈprəʊɡræmə
rammer
ˈræmə
scammer
ˈskæmə
sledgehammer
ˈslɛdʒˌhæmə
spammer
ˈspæmə
stammer
ˈstæmə
yammer
ˈjæmə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GRAMMAR

gramma
grammage
grammalogue
grammar book
grammar checker
grammar school
grammarian
grammarless
grammatic
grammatical
grammatical meaning
grammatical word
grammaticality
grammatically
grammaticalness
grammaticaster
grammaticise
grammaticism
grammatist
grammatologist

WORDS THAT END LIKE GRAMMAR

case grammar
categorial grammar
dependency grammar
finite state grammar
formal grammar
generative grammar
Montague grammar
phrase-structure grammar
pivot grammar
stratificational grammar
surface grammar
systemic grammar
tammar
transformational grammar
universal grammar
valency grammar

Synonyms and antonyms of grammar in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GRAMMAR»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grammar» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of grammar

Translation of «grammar» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRAMMAR

Find out the translation of grammar to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grammar from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grammar» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

文法
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

gramática
570 millions of speakers

English

grammar
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

व्याकरण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نَحْو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

грамматика
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

gramática
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

grammalogue
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grammaire
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Grammalogue
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Grammatik
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

文法
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

문법
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grammalogue
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngữ pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

grammalogue
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रॅमामेल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

grammalogue
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

grammatica
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

gramatyka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

граматика
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

gramatică
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γραμματική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

grammatika
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

grammatik
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

grammatikk
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grammar

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAMMAR»

The term «grammar» is very widely used and occupies the 9.828 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAMMAR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grammar» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grammar» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grammar

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10 QUOTES WITH «GRAMMAR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grammar.
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Chris Van Allsburg
I think most people agree there is a component of skill in art making; you have to learn grammar before you learn how to write.
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Louis Aragon
I demand that my books be judged with utmost severity, by knowledgeable people who know the rules of grammar and of logic, and who will seek beneath the footsteps of my commas the lice of my thought in the head of my style.
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Kate Atkinson
My father was an autodidact. It wasn't a middle-class house. Shopkeepers are aspirant. He paid for me to go to private school. He was denied an education - he had a horrible childhood. He got a place at a grammar school and wasn't allowed to go.
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David Baker
What that book does for me is give me the tools in the same way that I had the tools when I learned the regular scales or the alphabet. If you give me the tools, the syntax, and the grammar, it still doesn't tell me how to write Ulysses.
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Richard Harris Barham
His eyes so dim, so wasted each limb, that, heedless of grammar, they all cried, that's him!
6
Anne Carson
We're talking about the struggle to drag a thought over from the mush of the unconscious into some kind of grammar, syntax, human sense; every attempt means starting over with language. starting over with accuracy.
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Beverly Cleary
In my grammar school years back in the 1920s I used my ten-cents-a-week allowance for Saturday matinees of Douglas Fairbanks movies. All that swashbuckling and leaping about in the midst of the sails of ships!
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Steve Coogan
Going to a grammar school, you mixed with all sorts of different types and I used to listen to how they talked. When I did my imitations, I could sound like someone really rough, or I could sound like a cabinet minister.
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Bo Derek
It's really difficult for me. Language, I am sorry that I haven't. I think I just always expected that you learn a word in place of a word and when I discovered how difficult the grammar was and learning that was very discouraging for me.
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Joan Didion
Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAMMAR»

Discover the use of grammar in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grammar and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use ...
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests.
Jane Straus, 2011
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The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need: A One-Stop Source ...
The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need is the ideal resource for everyone who wants to produce writing that is clear, concise, and grammatically excellent.
Susan Thurman, Larry Shea, 2003
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A Grammar Book for You and I-- Oops, Me!: All the Grammar ...
Correct English usage as it's never been taught before: lucidly, memorably, and humorously -- for all ages.
C. Edward Good, 2002
4
Grammar: A Student's Guide
This introductory guide to grammar explains one hundred basic grammatical terms.
James R. Hurford, 1994
5
Classical Japanese: A Grammar
In this carefully crafted volume, Michael Kort describes the wartime circumstances and thinking that form the context for the decision to use these weapons, surveys the major debates related to that decision, and provides a comprehensive ...
Haruo Shirane, 2013
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Hawaiian Grammar
Without question, this is the definitive grammar of the Hawaiian language.
Samuel H. Elbert, Mary Kawena Pukui, 2001
7
Oxford Modern English Grammar
This book has been written by a leading expert in the field, covers both British and American English, and makes use of the unrivalled language monitoring of Oxford's English Dictionaries programme.
Bas Aarts, 2011
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Grammar
Help kids succeed in class and on tests with these fun, super-quick daily exercises that provide essential practice in math, reading and writting, social studies, and test taking--and help meet that standards.
Judith Bauer Stamper, 2003
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Basic English Grammar
This two-book series was written specifically for English language learners and covers all the basic grammar topics for beginners.
Anne Seaton, Y. H. Mew, 2007
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A Coptic grammar: with chrestomathy and glossary : Sahidic ...
Layton avoids all jargon and non-standard legal, scientific or magical texts, in order to provide a carefully explained grammar that is easy to use.
Bentley Layton, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAMMAR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grammar is used in the context of the following news items.
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'Least worst' examples of bad grammar
Sir, – You have recently published a number of letters lamenting the decline in standards of grammar and English usage even among ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
The Most Common Grammar Mistakes
Grammar can be an intimidating roadblock if you lack confidence in your content development prowess, until you realize there are common ... «Business 2 Community, Jul 15»
3
Wolverhampton Grammar School girls swing their way to success …
Girls at Wolverhampton Grammar School are swinging their way to success, with Year 8 Girls' Rounders team being named National Schools ... «expressandstar.com, Jul 15»
4
Grammar schools can destroy the class system
Last week's first Conservative budget for nearly 20 years will help to secure Britain's economic future and create a society that rewards ... «The Times, Jul 15»
5
Mind your language: Brush up on grammar, Bombay high court …
The judges said: "Apart from bad grammar and several errors of language, the authority has filed an affidavit full of mistakes and it is reported ... «Times of India, Jul 15»
6
Readers, meet Grammar Moses
Even before Jim Baumann was named managing editor of the paper almost three years ago, he used to issue treatises on grammar to the ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
7
Strunk and Whites Macho Grammar Club
The sleek, no-frills esthetic of Modernism and the gray-flannel '50s both influenced the utilitarian mindset that dictates the rules of usage in 'The ... «Daily Beast, Jul 15»
8
Introducing Grammar Moses, a new interactive column on all things …
For as long as I've been an editor at the Daily Herald -- 25 years -- I've been compelled to write grammar quizzes, issue diatribes on ... «Chicago Daily Herald, Jul 15»
9
Don Ferguson's Grammar Gremlins: You didn't 'seen' anything
An otherwise well-spoken woman being interviewed on national television used "I seen" several times during the interview. Why is it that this is ... «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
10
Everyday Grammar: You Can Master Reported Speech
We often need to tell others what someone else said. There are two ways to do this. One is to say the same words and use quotation marks. «VOA Learning English, Jul 15»

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