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   grammar

   /ˈɡramə/

   noun

   • 1. the whole system and structure of a language or of languages in general, usually taken as consisting of syntax and morphology (including inflections) and sometimes also phonology and semantics.
   • ▪ a particular analysis of the system and structure of language or of a specific language: "Chomskyan grammar"
   • ▪ a book on grammar: "my old Latin grammar"
   • ▪ a set of actual or presumed prescriptive notions about correct use of a language: "it was not bad grammar, just dialect"
   • ▪ the basic elements of an area of knowledge or skill: "the grammar of wine"
   • ▪ a set of rules governing what strings are valid or allowable in a language or text.
   • 2. a grammar school. informal British

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French gramaire, via Latin from Greek grammatikē (tekhnē) ‘(art) of letters’, from gramma, grammat- ‘letter of the alphabet, thing written’.

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • G

     2

   • R

     1

   • A

     1

   • M

     3

   • M

     3

   • A

     1

   • R

     1

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