How to Use grammar in a Sentence

grammar

noun
  • English grammar can be hard to master.
  • I know some German, but my grammar isn't very good.
  • There is a simple, regular grammar that is typical of creoles.
    Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 22 Dec. 2019
  • This is a film with a comprehensive visual grammar that does not settle for one viewpoint of its absorbing setting.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Chomsky defined levels of a hierarchy and the automatons that can handle the grammars for each level.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 9 Jan. 2020
  • Note Assist - auto formats, summarizes, grammar checks and translates notes.
    Janhoi McGregor, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024
  • Its grammar of columns and capitals, pediments and proportions allows a wide range of expression.
    Myron Magnet, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2020
  • Ever notice that there are no grammar-checking editors anywhere in radio or television, including talk-show hosts?
    Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 28 Feb. 2020
  • Happily, researchers do know a lot about language – words, sentences and grammar – and speech – the vocal sounds that carry language to the next person’s ear – in living people.
    Louis-Jean Boë, The Conversation, 11 Dec. 2019
  • Fogarty has counseled the befuddled masses who turn to her for grammar and language guidance, including this writer, not to be too stiff, generally.
    Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Scammers are getting increasingly sophisticated, as evidenced by cloning a friend’s page, and their spelling and grammar is getting better, too.
    Marc Saltzman, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2020
  • But in languages whose grammar is traditionally based on exclusively male or female options, the answer to this question can still require an explanation.
    Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2019
  • The words and grammar are merely tools to bring that spark to life.
    Annmarie Thomas, Star Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Ned Martin taught him the ropes and a grammar rule or two.
    BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021
  • The language is crude and the grammar is often even worse.
    Jenice Armstrong, Philly.com, 11 July 2018
  • Brush up once a year, at the very least, on writing styles and rules of grammar.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • The message's poor grammar and request to text the agent are both red flags.
    Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2022
  • So, the idea was to be in an immersive type of film grammar.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Some of the things that bug me — bad grammar, bad signage — bugged Bill Gold, too.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Of course, grammar rules and slang evolve even more quickly than that.
    Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2022
  • Writers for the longest time have had spell-check and grammar check and not much else.
    Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
  • But even so, there’s often a toll: the accent, the grammar or a word that doesn’t sound quite right.
    Madeleine Schwartz Soneela Nankani Tanya Pérez Brian St. Pierre, New York Times, 14 May 2024
  • Under the old system there were eight grades of grammar schools, four of high school.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • The next two hours were spent going over the basics of writing and grammar.
    Joseph Dushane-Navanick, tovlou.github.io, 19 July 2023
  • The same fear existed with spell check and grammar tools.
    Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Meghan’s grammar-school class picture hung on the white wall of her bedroom.
    Leslie Carroll, Vanities, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Call the grammar police, while setting me up with your niece?
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Feb. 2020
  • These films grappled with new subjects and spoke in a new kind of movie grammar.
    Chris Nashawaty, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2017
  • As an adult, Davis stumbled over large words and grammar.
    Annie Waldman, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2022
  • Grammarly is like spell check, but it’s used for grammar.
    Anthony Deighton, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2022

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