Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences.
- noun A publication, such as a book, that presents such rules.
- noun The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language.
- noun Such a pattern in a particular sentence or discourse.
- noun Computers The rules governing the formation of statements in a programming language.
- noun A systematic, orderly arrangement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Connected system or order; union of things.
- noun In grammar, the construction of sentences; the due forming and arrangement of words or members of sentences in their mutual relations according to established usage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism.
- noun That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A set of rules that govern how words are combined to form
phrases andsentences . - noun computing, countable The formal rules of formulating the
statements of a computer language. - noun linguistics The study of the structure of phrases, sentences and language.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences
- noun studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences
- noun a systematic orderly arrangement
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Screen has a sorendition command that can be used to change the attributes Screen uses for highlighting messages (you can find the command in the man-page and the syntax is also described there, although the description is a bit cryptic).
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The error is, WindowsError: [Error 123] The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
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Details: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
TechNet Blogs kevinhol 2010
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Details: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.
TechNet Blogs kevinhol 2010
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This sort of syntax is understandable coming from a first - or second-grader, but from a 17-year-old it is downright appalling, Riley said.
Matthew Yglesias » The Bush Family Stamping on a Human Face Forever 2009
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Grammar and syntax is another very complicated part of learning English.
Common Goals For Studying English As a Second Language « Esl Articles « Articles « Literacy News 2009
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The syntax is as elaborate and intricate as any Celtic decoration, and wound up with it if you follow all along, around, in, through and over is the meaning.
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First, this medieval syntax is a bit hard on my eyes (please see #4 here).
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Frank Murdock’s Review Forum 2009
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As you can imagine, the “by” syntax is similar to “via” and “RT”, but not quite the same.
New microsyntax for Twitter: three pointers and the slasher | FactoryCity 2009
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Generally an edit will include correcting errors in syntax (spelling, punctuation & grammar) a line edit or a proofread, with notes or observations on the character development, plot structure and clarity.
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