non-grammatical
adjective
(alsonongrammatical)uk/ˌnɒn.ɡrəˈmæt.ɪ.kəl/us/ˌnɑːn.ɡrəˈmæt̬.ɪ.kəl/notrelatingtogrammar(= therulesabout how wordschangetheirformandcombinewith other words to makesentences)or notobeyingtherulesofgrammar:
Somegrammaticalaspectsof alanguagearelearntat the samerateas non-grammaticalelements.
Thesystemhas beentrainedtodetectnon-grammaticalconstructionsandsuggestcorrections.
- Thechildrenperformedbetteron the nongrammaticalteststhan on thegrammaticalones.
- He tookexceptionto thecriticismthat hisinterviewcontainedmany non-grammaticalutterances.
- Thefeedbackon myessaywasbrutal,describingit aspoorlystructured, non-grammatical, andfullofvagueassertions.
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- countable
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominative
- particle
- premodifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntactically
- syntax
- uncountable