How to Use grammatical in a Sentence

grammatical

adjective
  • That sentence is not grammatical.
  • And, as if that isn’t enough, there’s a string of grammatical errors more than a mile long.
    — David Treuer, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
  • So, some of the grammatical rules of math are about encoding deep truths.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Maybe one day the old pronoun whom will kick the grammatical bucket.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Apr. 2026
  • George had squeezed out nothing but a vague awareness of the grammatical errors in the text.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 24 June 2019
  • The grammatical article is right there on many of the school's seal, logos and signs.
    — Cindy Boren, courant.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • If that were so, there could never be such a thing as a grammatical error or an erroneous word choice.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Not even the Supreme Court is immune from grammatical mishaps.
    — Yec, Forbes, 18 May 2022
  • Things become grammatical, Nordlinger notes, when people talk about them a lot.
    — Christine Kenneally, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The twist was that half of the samples contained grammatical errors.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Its first few vignettes are full of sentences that cast Jones as a grammatical object.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The film exists without it, but this shot is such a strong grammatical way of defining the visual language of the film.
    — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 18 Feb. 2025
  • And as Schertzer pointed out, there were too many students, too many pages to go through to make all those grammatical edits.
    — Denise Crosby, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Read the cover letter aloud and check for spelling and grammatical errors or typos.
    — Allison Pohle, WSJ, 11 Nov. 2020
  • None of the animals got anywhere close to full grammatical sentences.
    — Camille Bromley Gabra Zackman Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Just like that, a mere suggestion became grammatical law.
    — Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
  • But sometimes the noun that is closest to the verb can exert more influence than the noun that is the grammatical subject.
    — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2021
  • And there was the final message — which contained a grammatical error.
    — New York Times, 20 Nov. 2021
  • Also be alert for spelling and grammatical errors, which can tip you off that a caller or emailer isn't legit.
    — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • This isn't the only study to show that subtle grammatical shifts can sway our intentions and behaviour.
    — Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 19 Mar. 2010
  • In the non-fluent variant, people may struggle to form sentences that make grammatical sense — or to produce words at all.
    — Corinne Purtillstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2023
  • The text might contain grammatical and spelling errors.
    — Susan Tompor, Freep.com, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Getting a simple explanation of a grammatical rule or the nuance of a term is a shortcut that helps adults learn faster.
    — Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 28 May 2026
  • Typos or grammatical errors in messages claiming to be from Amazon could be a scam.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Those who believe the split infinitive is a grammatical crime will see yet more evidence that standards are in a death spiral.
    — The Economist, 26 Apr. 2018
  • But at the same time that the grammatical challenge of these languages shrinks, their vocabulary explodes.
    — Cathleen O'Grady, Ars Technica, 5 Feb. 2018
  • While the result may be grammatical English, this should not be confused with the purposeful kind.
    — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Word endings did a lot more grammatical work, and verbs followed more complicated patterns.
    — Valerie M. Fridland, The Conversation, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Learning a new language involves getting your words mixed up, struggling to learn grammatical rules and butchering the accent.
    — Carl Anka, The Athletic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Ken likes to use Comic Sans font and, more often than not, his signs include a typo or grammatical error.
    — Carolyn Hax, The Seattle Times, 6 Nov. 2018

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