单词 | grammatical |
释义 | grammatical (once / 2369 pages) adj If your know-it-all friend advises you not to say, "Me and John went...," she is giving you grammatical advice. In other words, she's correcting your terrible grammar. (BTW, it should be "John and I...") The adjective grammatical comes up most often in English classes, since it describes anything having to do with parts of speech, syntax, and other elements of a well-written sentence. The Latin root word is grammaticalis, meaning "of a scholar," which in turn comes from the word grammaticus, "pertaining to grammar." If you're an authority on the English language, you can feel free to describe yourself as a grammatical scholar. WORD FAMILYgrammatical: grammatically, ungrammatical+/grammar: grammarian, grammars, grammatic, grammatical/grammarian: grammarians/ungrammatical: ungrammatically USAGE EXAMPLESCastro’s corrections were factual and grammatical rather than ideological, she added. The Guardian(Dec 06, 2016) Also, Pidgin hardly follows standard grammatical rules so "you can lose things like verbs", by saying: 'I dey go' to mean 'I'm going'. BBC(Nov 16, 2016) Each video was three seconds long and followed a similar grammatical pattern. BBC(Nov 08, 2016) 1adj of or pertaining to grammar grammatical rules grammatical gender Syn grammatic 2adj conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers spoke in grammatical sentences Syn|Ant well-formed ill-formed, ungrammatical not grammatical; not conforming to the rules of grammar or accepted usage incorrect(of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles |
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