Grammar vs. Punctuation

Grammarnoun

A system of rules and principles for speaking and writing a language.

Grammarnoun

The study of the internal structure of words (morphology) and the use of words in the construction of phrases and sentences (syntax).

Grammarnoun

A book describing the rules of grammar of a language.

Grammarnoun

(computing theory) A formal system specifying the syntax of a language.

Grammarnoun

(computing theory) A formal system defining a formal language

Grammarnoun

The basic rules or principles of a field of knowledge or a particular skill.

Grammarnoun

A textbook.

Grammarnoun

(UK) A grammar school.

Grammarverb

To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

Grammarnoun

The science which treats of the principles of language; the study of forms of speech, and their relations to one another; the art concerned with the right use and application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.

Grammarnoun

The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.

Grammarnoun

A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.

Grammarnoun

treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography.

Grammarverb

To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

Grammarnoun

studies of the formation of basic linguistic units

Grammar

In linguistics, the grammar (from Ancient Greek γραμματική grammatikḗ) of a natural language is its set of structural constraints on speakers' or writers' composition of clauses, phrases, and words. The term can also refer to the study of such constraints, a field that includes domains such as phonology, morphology, and syntax, often complemented by phonetics, semantics, and pragmatics.

Punctuationnoun

A set of symbols and marks which are used to clarify meaning in text by separating strings of words into clauses, phrases and sentences.

Punctuationnoun

An act of punctuating.

Punctuationnoun

The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a sentence, by means of points, so as to elucidate the author's meaning.

Punctuationnoun

something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions

Punctuationnoun

the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases

Punctuationnoun

the use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases

Punctuation

Punctuation (or sometimes interpunction) is the use of spacing, conventional signs (called punctuation marks), and certain typographical devices as aids to the understanding and correct reading of written text, whether read silently or aloud. Another description is, In written English, punctuation is vital to disambiguate the meaning of sentences.