grammatical

/grə'mætikəl/

Thân thiện

She writes a grammatical sentence on the whiteboard.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Conforming to the rules of grammar: Describes language, sentences, or words that follow the accepted structural rules of a language.
   • Of or pertaining to grammar: Relating to the system and structure of a language, including its syntax and morphology.

Usage

• The primary use is to describe language that is correct according to grammatical rules.
• It can also describe anything related to the study or system of grammar itself.
• It is often used in contrast with "ungrammatical."

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The student wrote a perfectly grammatical sentence.
  • This is a grammatical analysis of the verb tense.
  • While his accent is strong, his speech is always grammatical.

Advanced Usage

• Grammatical category: A class or group in a grammatical system, such as tense, number, or case.
  • "Gender" is a grammatical category in many languages, like French or German.
• Grammatical function: The syntactic role a word or phrase plays in a sentence, such as subject or object.
  • In the sentence 'She reads books,' the word 'books' has the grammatical function of direct object.

Variants and Related Words

• Grammatically (adverb): In a grammatical manner.
  • The phrase is structured grammatically.
• Ungrammatical (adjective): Not conforming to grammatical rules.
  • The sentence 'He go to school' is ungrammatical in standard English.

Synonyms

• Syntactic: Relating to the arrangement of words and phrases.
• Well-formed: (In linguistics) Correctly structured according to rules.

Antonyms

• Ungrammatical: Not grammatical.
• Ill-formed: Poorly or incorrectly structured.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers
   • spoke in grammatical sentences
2. of or pertaining to grammar
   • the grammatic structure of a sentence
   • grammatical rules
   • grammatical gender

Từ đồng nghĩa

• well-formed
• grammatic