ungrammatical
IPA: ʌngrʌmˈætʌkʌɫ
adjective
- (linguistics) In violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable or incorrect usage.
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Examples of "ungrammatical" in Sentences
- Notice the puckish use of "betwixt" and the ungrammatical "Ag and I."
- The fourth sentence should sound ungrammatical which is what the asterisk means.
- You know, the more I look at it, the less ungrammatical “the meaning of words do change over time” seems.
- To Russians, Mr. Chernomyrdin was also an amusing source of spontaneous aphorisms — some witty, some ungrammatical, some both — that belied his dour demeanor and seemed to define the confusions of a turbulent era.
- What seems so horribly wrong about Palin's speech is that it borrows the strngth of demotic English, not to express thought forcefully - as ordinary, even "ungrammatical" English can do - but to cover for dishonesty and moral aridity.
- Coverdale's translation is not "ungrammatical" as far as the Hebrew language is concerned, notwithstanding that it was rejected in the reign of James I. ¤lechem¤, "bread," is evidently the accusative noun to the transitive verb ¤yiten¤, "He shall give."
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