grammatical

Everyday

1. Correct according to the rules of grammar. tree →
2. To do with grammar: «a grammatical mistake». tree →

In the lessons

In English lessons: «Is this sentence grammatical?» A grammatical error is a mistake like «they was». Teachers mark grammatical mistakes in writing.

Examples

• This sentence is not grammatical. tree →
• Correct the grammatical mistakes. tree →
• "We was late" is not grammatical in standard English. tree →
• Her writing is clear and grammatical. tree →
• Grammatical rules can be tricky. tree →
• Find the grammatical error in each line. tree →

Note

Opposite: ungrammatical. Adverb: grammatically. Some dialect forms (like «we was») are normal in speech in some places but not in standard written English.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Modern translators look closely at the Hebrew grammar of Sefer Yetzirah to work out what its odd phrases, such as the letters called mothers, mean. In the primary lessons: In English lessons: «Is this sentence grammatical?» A grammatical error is a mistake like «they was». Teachers mark grammatical mistakes in writing.

Examples

• I base it off an interpretation of the SY’s internal structure, the semantic properties of the root ספ״ר SPR, and the SY’s general grammatical inventiveness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• In usual Hebrew grammatical terminology, the term ‘mothers’ is reserved for the אִמּוֹת קְרִיאָה immot qeriʼah, ‘mothers of reading’ (whence Latin matres lectionis), the letters אהו״י Alef-Heh-Waw-Yod which can serve to represent either consonants or vowels. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

Note

Opposite: ungrammatical. Adverb: grammatically. Some dialect forms (like «we was») are normal in speech in some places but not in standard written English.