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The correct spelling is grammar.
How to pronounce grammar
/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/
nounIPA: /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/
Say it like: Gra-mma-r
The correct spelling is grammar. A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language. For example: "a grammar of geography"
Usage Examples
“a grammar of geography”
“2012, Graeme Paton, A green light for more grammars? (in The Daily Telegraph, 11 January 2012)”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
- 2.The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
- 3.A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
- 4.A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
- 5.Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
verb
- 1.To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.
Spelling pattern and memory trick
Pattern
Ending confusion
Why it happens
Grammar ends in -ar, not -er.
Memory trick: GrammAR is pARt of writing.
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