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.
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The grammar police in me have to point out: Billions of dollars are going.
— Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024 -
On Ariana Grande’s first three albums, she was restrained by the rules of grammar.
— Dan Kopf, Quartzy, 21 Aug. 2019 -
He’s distressed by Michael’s bloody video games, his constant swearing, his horrendous grammar.
— Ron Charles critic, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2019 -
Note: Questions were edited for style and grammar and/or condensed for clarity.
— Laken Litman, SI.com, 2 Oct. 2019 -
McCulloch sees that grammar traditionalists have as much right to their quirks as anyone else.
— Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2019 -
Questionnaires may have been edited for spelling, grammar, length and, in some instances, to remove hate speech and offensive language.
— Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Answers have been lightly edited only to correct spelling or grammar or to remove offensive language and hate speech.
— Jonathan Horwitz, Orange County Register, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Think unlocking new levels and raising your fluency score through mastering words, phrases, and grammar.
— Florence Derrick, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Sep. 2019 -
Excerpts have been lightly edited for spelling, grammar and punctuation.
— Seattle Times Staff, The Seattle Times, 9 Aug. 2019 -
This is largely because linguists, unlike laypeople, focus on grammar, not vocabulary.
— The Economist, 8 Aug. 2019 -
For many workplaces, the results so far include AI tools that can check your grammar, take notes during meetings and help kickstart some creative brainstorming.
— Megan Sauer, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2024 -
The articulation of identity, too, bears the ever-changing accent and grammar of new technology.
— Leah Ollman, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2019 -
The second figure was the schoolmaster himself, of which there were three types: grammatistes, who taught grammar; kitharistes, who taught music; and paidotribes, who taught physical education.
— Raquel López, National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2019 -
Anyone conveying it, for example your friendly local grammar columnist, can find herself directly in the line of fire — her email in-box brimming over with angry correspondence.
— June Casagrande, Burbank Leader, 3 Oct. 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
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