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Recent Examples of grammar
Using improper grammar in cold emails, résumés, or cover letters could mean an application lands at the bottom of the pile.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
This is the empty grammar of the predator, the always hungry language of the dead.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The grammar in the texts felt off.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
At the revision stage, AI can support the editing and rewriting of ideas as well as help with … punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2026
This is the empty grammar of the predator, the always hungry language of the dead.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
The grammar in the texts felt off.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
At the revision stage, AI can support the editing and rewriting of ideas as well as help with … punctuation, capitalization, and grammar.
—Cory Turner, NPR, 14 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammar
elements
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Together, these elements underscore the exhibition’s multivalent nature, blurring distinctions between sculpture and performance, object and instrument, stillness and activation.—
Michelle F. Solomon,
Miami Herald,
17 Feb. 2026
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Kokonas designed the interior himself, incorporating elements from the 1920s and ’30s, as well as the ’70s and ’80s.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Grammar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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