Ungrammaticality

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or quality of being ungrammatical. uncountable

    "Though the ungrammaticality of split verbs is an urban legend, it found its way into The Texas Law Review Manual on Style, which is the arbiter of usage for many law review journals."

  2. 2
    The state or quality of not following rules of grammar. wordnet
  3. 3
    An ungrammatical statement or utterance. countable

Synonyms

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ingrammaticism

Example

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"Though the ungrammaticality of split verbs is an urban legend, it found its way into The Texas Law Review Manual on Style, which is the arbiter of usage for many law review journals."

Etymology

From ungrammatical + -ity.

Related phrases

state or quality of being ungrammatical

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