grammatical error

collocation in English

meaningsofgrammaticalanderror

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grammatical
adjective
uk
/ɡrəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/us
/ɡrəˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl/
relating to grammar or obeying the rules ...
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error
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈer.ər/us
/ˈer.ɚ/
a ...
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(Definition ofgrammaticalanderrorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgrammatical error

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Effects of negative input for 13 categories ofgrammaticalerrorwere assessed in a longitudinal study of naturalistic adult-child discourse.
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The ablative absolute is an ancient form ofgrammaticalerrormuch admired by modern scholars.
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Innovative approaches to helping students edit forgrammaticalerrorhave also been presented.
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For example, it remains to determine whether all children receive negative input, and also whether it is available for all kinds ofgrammaticalerror.
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A sharp contrast can be drawn between this conceptualization of a ' negative instance ' and the situation in which a child'sgrammaticalerroris corrected by the parent.
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A singlegrammaticalerrorin the speech of a public speaker, even if it is immediately corrected, is an almost indelible stigma on his public image.
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There is agrammaticalerrorto be corrected in this clause.
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This is intended to correct agrammaticalerrorof drafting by substituting the word "were" for the words "shall be" in line 2.
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This is the correction of agrammaticalerror.
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It is arguable whether "almost united" is or is not agrammaticalerror.
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This merely corrects a smallgrammaticalerror.
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It contains a very elementarygrammaticalerror.
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That is a smallgrammaticalerror.
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Poche in 1907 corrected agrammaticalerrorin the family name.
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They are a commongrammaticalerror, especially among beginning writers.
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Moreover, few, if any, children can rely on corrective feedback from adults when they make agrammaticalerror.
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My main criticism of this supplement is the typographical and grammatical errors and incomplete references which were particularly abundant in four of the papers.
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The ability of grammar checkers to detect grammatical errors typically deteriorates in long and syntactically complex sentences.
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It was predicted that error-contingent clarification questions (negative feedback) could function as a form of corrective input for grammatical errors.
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The linguistic level of the child is important if only because, as development proceeds, the child produces fewer and fewer grammatical errors.
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