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syntax | gramma |

As nouns the difference between syntax and gramma

is that syntax is a set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences while gramma is a variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata.

syntax

English

(wikipedia syntax)

Noun

(syntaxes)
  • A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form phrases and sentences.
  • *
    •   The incorporation of a rule of V MOVEMENT into our description of English Syntax turns out to have fundamental theoretical implications for our overall Theory of Grammar: it means that we are no longer able to posit that the syntactic structure of a sentence can be described in terms of a single Phrase-marker representing its S-structure. For, the postulation of a rule of V-MOVEMENT means that we must recognise at least two different levels of structure in our Theory of Grammar — namely, a level of D-structure'' (formerly known as ‘Deep Structure?) which serves as input to the rule, and a separate level of ''S-structure which is formed by application of the rule.
  • (computing, countable) The formal rules of formulating the statements of a computer language.
  • (linguistics) The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language.

    • Usage notes

    The joke plural syntices occasionally occurs in blogs (by false analogy with matrix etc.)

    Derived terms

    * morphosyntax * syntactic * syntactician

    Related terms

    * syntax error * syntax highlighting

    See also

    * grammar * morphology ----

    gramma

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (Australia) A variety of pumpkin, a cultivar of Cucurbita moschata .
    • Traditionally ''Cucurbita maxima'' and ''Cucurbita moschata'' have been placed into two groups - pumpkins and grammas respectively.
  • * 1941 , H. Barnes, Robert Veitch, Queensland Department of Agriculture and Stock, John Howard Simmonds, The Queensland Agricultural and Pastoral Handbook , Volume 1, page 238,
    • Pumpkins and grammas are harvested when mature, usually when the vines have died or been frosted.
  • * 1952 , Desmond Andrew Herbert, Gardening in Warm Climates , page 151,
    • The papaw pumpkin belongs to a different species (C. moschata ) and is classed as a gramma .
  • * 1983 , , Encyclopedia of Food and Cookery: The Complete Kitchen Companion from A to Z , Revised 2005, Republished 2009, page 493,
    • Gramma , or bugle, pumpkin is the variety traditionally used for pumpkin pie, but if it is not available, use butternut instead.
  • (informal) grandmother

    • Synonyms

    * (Cucurbita moschata cultivar) ----