How to Use grammar in a Sentence

grammar

noun
  • English grammar can be hard to master.
  • I know some German, but my grammar isn't very good.
  • The grammar in the texts felt off.
    — Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2026
  • So what if your grammar ain’t great?
    — Todd Harmonson, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Such changes were never about mere sound and grammar.
    — Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
  • The words and grammar are merely tools to bring that spark to life.
    — Annmarie Thomas, Star Tribune, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Of course, grammar rules and slang evolve even more quickly than that.
    — Jason P. Dinh, Discover Magazine, 13 July 2022
  • Brush up once a year, at the very least, on writing styles and rules of grammar.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 13 June 2022
  • And memes, like it or not, are the grammar of that expression.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 7 June 2025
  • Call the grammar police, while setting me up with your niece?
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Feb. 2020
  • These films grappled with new subjects and spoke in a new kind of movie grammar.
    — Chris Nashawaty, PEOPLE.com, 12 Aug. 2017
  • The message's poor grammar and request to text the agent are both red flags.
    — Tanya Wildt, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Meghan’s grammar-school class picture hung on the white wall of her bedroom.
    — Leslie Carroll, Vanities, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Under the old system there were eight grades of grammar schools, four of high school.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Writers for the longest time have had spell-check and grammar check and not much else.
    — Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The basics, that is, good grammar and good writing, count.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2026
  • The next two hours were spent going over the basics of writing and grammar.
    — Joseph Dushane-Navanick, tovlou.github.io, 19 July 2023
  • Readers' theater skits bring grammar to life.
    — Arkansas Online, 21 June 2026
  • This was the arrogance of it… my notes were grammar and diction.
    — Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The best writers understand grammar and know when to break its rules.
    — Dallas News, 4 May 2021
  • Old-school phishing emails were easy to spot because of typos and bad grammar.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Like, if my spelling and grammar was that bad, I’d be canceled.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE.com, 12 May 2018
  • Like, if my spelling and grammar was that bad, I'd be canceled.
    — Amalia Nunez, CBS News, 12 May 2018
  • The rules of grammar were useless now, and never truly rules.
    — Sam Lipsyte, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
  • The biggest tell of the fake video, LeClaire said, was the poor grammar.
    — Miami Herald, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Artists make objects steeped in meaning and are well-equipped to parse the grammar and syntax of stuff.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2022
  • Sure, the grammar and language are completely off and that's a huge red flag of a scam right there.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2021
  • Some of the things that bug me — bad grammar, bad signage — bugged Bill Gold, too.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2023
  • Just run their essay through Microsoft grammar check and hope for the best?
    — Wired, 18 Oct. 2019
  • My words and my grammar patterns are full of centuries of history.
    — Annie Joy Williams, The Atlantic, 4 Jan. 2026

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