by whitetiger16 April 10, 2004
1. a universally accepted form of writing or speaking that appropriately conveys a person's thoughts so that others may understand it.
2. a dying art.
3. not something that is readily experienced while surfing the Internet.
4. something that 99% of people in the world have no concept of.
5. a form of writing or speaking which is hard to learn and hence is ignored by the general populous.
6. a knowledge which is deeply rewarding, although not deemed important or crucial by small people.
2. a dying art.
3. not something that is readily experienced while surfing the Internet.
4. something that 99% of people in the world have no concept of.
5. a form of writing or speaking which is hard to learn and hence is ignored by the general populous.
6. a knowledge which is deeply rewarding, although not deemed important or crucial by small people.
by Severian_ November 23, 2006
Something that has not been adequately defined by some other definitions; refers to the rules used to combine words together in order to form meaning within a given language.
"i don liek u becoz u suck"==grammatically correct, despite spelling shortcuts and the lack of capitalization/punctuation. These are mechanical/technical errors.
"She go to house red last Saturday."==despite perfect mechanics, this is not grammatically correct, due to a tense mismatch (needs to be past tense, verb misinflection (should be "she goes"), missing article ("the" or "a"), and adjective-noun word order reversal.
"i don liek u becoz u suck"==grammatically correct, despite spelling shortcuts and the lack of capitalization/punctuation. These are mechanical/technical errors.
"She go to house red last Saturday."==despite perfect mechanics, this is not grammatically correct, due to a tense mismatch (needs to be past tense, verb misinflection (should be "she goes"), missing article ("the" or "a"), and adjective-noun word order reversal.
by Zalis August 18, 2004
One of the most important language tools available. It is largely ignored by those too moronic to use it properly.
GRAMMAR
Wrong: There not feeling good cause Stacy and me didnt come.
Right: They're not feeling good because Stacy and I didn't come.
Wrong: There not feeling good cause Stacy and me didnt come.
Right: They're not feeling good because Stacy and I didn't come.
by Elizabeth Grey July 11, 2016
Something people should be forced to learn, even if they are stupid. It is also something that makes people on-line think you are a stuck up bastard.
by Mr.Grammar October 12, 2003
by king_o_poo May 03, 2003
(1) To a linguist, grammar is the structure of a language (as opposed to its lexicon, its words). Contrary to popular opinion, grammar is not something enforced by language academies, but it exists necessarily in all languages.
(2) To a non-linguist, grammar usually refers to various pre-scientific notions of "correct" usage.
(2) To a non-linguist, grammar usually refers to various pre-scientific notions of "correct" usage.
by dattdso January 01, 2011