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adjective gram·mat·i·cal \grə-ˈma-ti-kəl\

Definition of grammatical

1 : of or relating to grammar
2 : conforming to the rules of grammar a grammatical sentence

grammaticality

play \grə-ˌma-tə-ˈka-lə-tē\ noun

grammatically

play \grə-ˈma-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

grammaticalness

play \grə-ˈma-ti-kəl-nəs\ noun

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All letters to askpolly@nymag.com become the property of Ask Polly and New York Media LLC and will be edited for length, clarity, and grammatical correctness.

— heather havrilesky, The Cut, "Ask Polly: It Seems Like My Friends Don’t Like Me," 19 July 2017
The feed, which boasts about 145,000 followers, is essentially comprised of a mix of retweets of Trump's own English proclamations, along with short Spanish-language snippets, some riddled with misspellings and grammatical mistakes.

— robert newhouse, Teen Vogue, "Donald Trump Still Hasn’t Created A Spanish Version of Whitehouse.gov," 7 July 2017
These distinctive words, word clusters and grammatical constructions highlight her writerly preoccupations: states of mind and feeling, her characters’ unceasing efforts to understand themselves and other people.

— kathleen a. flynn and josh katz, New York Times, "The Word Choices That Explain Why Jane Austen Endures," 6 July 2017
All letters to askpolly@nymag.com become the property of Ask Polly and New York Media LLC and will be edited for length, clarity, and grammatical correctness.

— heather havrilesky, The Cut, "Ask Polly: I Moved for My Job, and It Was a Huge Mistake!," 5 July 2017
Also, look for obvious typos and grammatical errors in the body.

— brian x. chen, The Seattle Times, "How to protect yourself from ransomware attacks," 19 May 2017
Also, look for obvious typos and grammatical errors in the body.

— brian x. chen, The Seattle Times, "How to protect yourself from ransomware attacks," 19 May 2017
Also, look for obvious typos and grammatical errors in the body.

— brian x. chen, New York Times, "How to Protect Yourself From Ransomware Attacks," 15 May 2017
Parisot, who is now in his late 60s, has produced several books on Modigliani, including a catalogue raisonné that has been criticized by scholars for grammatical errors, misspellings, and above all the listing of questionable works.

— vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, "The Art Market’s Modigliani Forgery Epidemic," 3 May 2017

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