Grammatically Correct Expression
A Grammatically Correct Expression is a Linguistic Expression that conforms to one (or more?) Natural Language Syntax and Natural Language Vocabulary.
- AKA: Grammatical Expression.
- Context:
- Example(s):
- “Run!”, a Grammatical Sentence.
- “I ran home.”, a Grammatical Sentence.
- “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.”, a Grammatical Sentence.
- “Where is Waldo?”, a Grammatical Sentence.
- “Ran home.”, a Clause.
- …
- Counter-Example(s):
- an Adjective, such as “red”.
- an Un-Grammatical Word Sequence, such as “Ran home I.”.
- a Non-Grammatical Text Item, such as a Descriptive Product Title.
- See: Grammatically Incorrect Expression.
References
1999
- (M-W Colleg. Dict., 1999) ⇒ Merriam-Webster. (1999). “Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition.
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