grammar

/ˈɡræmɚ/

noungram · mar

Think: "GRAMMAR has two M’s—like two mountains in the middle of the word."

Yes, it's grammar. Remember the double consonant: graMMar (two m’s, not one).

Definitions

  1. nounthe rules of a language that explain how words change form and how they are put together to make sentences
  2. nouna book or guide that describes the rules of a language

Examples

  • “Good grammar makes your writing easier to understand.”
  • “Our teacher asked us to fix the grammar in the paragraph.”
  • “She checked a grammar book to learn where to place commas.”

Synonyms

syntaxusagelanguage rulessentence structuremechanics

Translations

ES gramáticaPT gramáticaFR grammaire

Common misspellings

gramergramargrammergrammerr

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