grammar

«grammar» in Mova's school dictionary: The rules of a language about how words change and are… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (grammar, grammars)

meaning for a pupil

1) The rules of a language about how words change and are put together into sentences. tree →

2) Using those rules correctly in speech or writing. tree →

3) A book about grammar. tree →

4) (UK) Short for «grammar school», a school that picks pupils by a test. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English lessons: grammar covers nouns, verbs, tenses, clauses and punctuation, with grammar tests (SPaG). «Good grammar» means correct sentences. In the UK, some children take a test to go to a grammar school.

examples

• We have a grammar test on Friday. tree →
• Check your grammar before you hand it in. tree →
• Every language has its own grammar. tree →
• She bought a French grammar. tree →
• My cousin goes to the grammar school. tree →
• Grammar helps us make our meaning clear. tree →
• His spelling is good, but his grammar needs work. tree →
• Readers, geographies, histories, grammars flew in all directions. tree →

note

Spelling trap: grammar ends in -ar, not -er. Uncountable for the rules; countable for books. Adjective: grammatical.

In the corpora

• «Grammar» ends in -ar, not -er.
• «Grammar» ends in -ar, not -er.
• My, your, his, her, our and their before a noun are called possessive determiners in school grammar.
• A dialect is a variety of a language with its own words and grammar, spoken by a group or in a place.
• SATs grammar questions in England ask for Standard English, so pupils need to know the standard forms as well as their home forms.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «grammar» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.