Grammatical definition

grə-mătĭ-kəl
Of, relating to, or according to grammar.
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Of or relating to grammar.
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The definition of grammatical is anything that has to do with sentences, punctuation, or the correct ways to write or speak a language.

An example of something grammatical is a class on English creative writing.

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(linguistics) Acceptable as a correct sentence or clause as determined by the rules and conventions of the grammar, or morpho-syntax of the language.

Your writing is not grammatical enough for publication.

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Conforming to the rules of grammar.

A grammatical sentence.

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Conforming to the rules of grammar.
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Of or pertaining to grammar.

My friend used a grammatical textbook to support her argument.

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Origin of grammatical

  • Late Latin grammaticālis from Latin grammaticus from Greek grammatikos of letters grammar

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammaticālis.

    From Wiktionary

Grammatical Sentence Examples

  • It is confirmed by grammatical considerations.

  • His works are (I) historical and political, (2) theological and grammatical.

  • But in spite of this great logical achievement, he continued throughout the discourse to accept Plato's grammatical analysis of all sentences into noun and verb, which indeed applies to the proposition as a sentence but does not give its particular elements.

  • Under the title Et Sofer, " Pen of the Writer" (Lyk, 1864), David Kimhi composed a sort of grammatical compendium as a guide to the correct punctuation of the biblical manuscripts; it consists, for the most part, of extracts from the Miklol.

  • There was also a dialectic licence in grammatical forms, which had not as yet been greatly restricted.

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