Collocations withgrammar
These are words often used in combination withgrammar.
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bad grammar
They object to bad grammar; they object to indifferent and vague phraseology.
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basic grammar
The current development of rules has been modeled after the basic grammar conventions where rules contain both a left-hand side and a right-hand side.
From theCambridge English Corpus
explicit grammar
The answer seems, therefore, to be that under the right circumstances explicit grammar teaching can be effective (in terms of writing skills).
From theCambridge English Corpus
formal grammar
In fact, their analysis is suspect because they present a formal grammar in which meanings of auxiliaries, and generalizations across such meanings, play no role.
From theCambridge English Corpus
grammar checker
Or you might try to build a grammar checker for a language that doesn't have one.
From theCambridge English Corpus
poor grammar
Some poor grammar and typos in the originals remain unedited.
From theCambridge English Corpus
universal grammar
He argued that the role for universal grammar in language restructuring is to determine which of the competing forms will be selected (1996:114).
From theCambridge English Corpus
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