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Grammaticalness vs Grammatical - What's the difference?

grammaticalness | grammatical | Derived terms |

Grammaticalness is a derived term of grammatical.


As a noun grammaticalness

is (of language) the state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.

As a adjective grammatical is

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

grammaticalness

English

Noun

(-)
  • (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
  • * 1967', Lawrence E. Marks, "Judgments of '''Grammaticalness of Some English Sentences and Semi-Sentences," ''The American Journal of Psychology , vol. 80, no. 2, p. 196:
  • There appear to be at least two distinct ways to assign levels of grammaticalness to deviant sentences.

    Synonyms

    *grammaticality

    References

    *Oxford English Dictionary'', 2nd ed., 1989. ''See "grammatical". *Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary'', 1987-1996. ''See "grammaticality".

    grammatical

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (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.
  • Of or pertaining to grammar.
  • My friend used a grammatical textbook to support her argument.

    Antonyms

    * (acceptable) ungrammatical

    Derived terms

    * grammatical aspect * grammaticality * grammatical mood * grammaticalness