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Recent Examples of nongrammatical
Runyon is writing in a nongrammatical, break-the-rules style.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nongrammatical
Adjective
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And in general, the A.I. bots were useful for sharpening prose and cleaning up clunky, ungrammatical sentences.—
Brian X. Chen,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2023
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That could be useful for conversations where telegraphic, ungrammatical messages would come off as impolite.—
Tom Simonite,
Wired,
18 Oct. 2020
Adjective
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The majority of those who move here are uneducated and poor and nearly all become economic burdens on the U.S., either directly or indirectly.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
31 Jan. 2025
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So Americans who don't travel, who 80 percent don't have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naivete.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
28 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Marya Lieberman, an analytical chemist at the University of Notre Dame who specializes in the detection of substandard and falsified pharmaceuticals, said regulators face a daunting task to remove these illicit sites.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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A day before the fire, Independence expanded the program after buildings that had passed inspections under the old guidelines gained publicity for substandard and dangerous living conditions.—
Nathan Pilling,
Kansas City Star,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Their 2025 regional semifinal birth is their furthest run since the 2019 season.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 Feb. 2025
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Most of the new works arriving on regional theater stages are about 90 minutes long.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Many of those who have lost insurance missed form deadlines or had an incorrect address, while others no longer met the eligibility criteria.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Wednesday's edition included incorrect information about King's votes.—
Tony Holt,
arkansasonline.com,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy are typically considered the gold standard.—
Angela Haupt,
TIME,
11 Feb. 2025
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Photograph from Reuters / Courtesy Sundance Institute There are personal documentaries in which filmmakers are themselves the subject of their exploration, and other, more dialectical ones, in which a filmmaker’s journalistic explorations turn out to be inherently personal.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Those afflicted with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often behave in a manner which the unlearned (or uncaring) will immediately label as criminal.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
6 Sep. 2024
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Although the 1973 commission’s report ran to 2,200 pages, some big lessons from 1973 may have gone unlearned—lessons that Israel needed to understand then and still does now.—
Uri Kaufman,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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Additionally, the numeric keypad has a nonstandard three-column layout with narrow keys.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
10 Feb. 2025
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The site also uses some nonstandard conventions, one of which cost me at least a half hour in data entry time.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Nongrammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nongrammatical. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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