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Recent Examples of grammar
Learning a new language usually means memorizing vocabulary lists and struggling through grammar rules.
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Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Her job at the magazine involved correcting writers’ grammar and prose before publication, a role to which Chandler took offense.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
They will be edited for spelling, grammar and clarity.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Like translation, Gout teaches its lessons after the fact, often in a language as yet inaccessible, and with a grammar learned only by limping.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
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Stackcommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
Her job at the magazine involved correcting writers’ grammar and prose before publication, a role to which Chandler took offense.
—Jake Lundberg, The Atlantic, 13 Mar. 2026
They will be edited for spelling, grammar and clarity.
—Naperville Sun, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2026
Like translation, Gout teaches its lessons after the fact, often in a language as yet inaccessible, and with a grammar learned only by limping.
—Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for grammar
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grammar
elements
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But Republicans are eyeing the inclusion of elements of the legislation into reconciliation as a means of getting it across the finish line instead.—
Lauren Green,
The Washington Examiner,
25 Mar. 2026
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On the one hand, content perceived as liberal or critical of the government often faces backlash from various elements.—
Taran Khan,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Grammar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grammar. Accessed 29 Mar. 2026.
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