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grammar

The correct spelling is grammar.

How to pronounce grammar

/ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/
noun

IPA: /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. 1.A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.
  2. 2.The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).
  3. 3.A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.
  4. 4.A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.
  5. 5.Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.

verb

  1. 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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