Grammar

Grammar

Grammar means the rules about how to speak and write in a language. The Ancient Greeks used to call it "grammatike tekhne", the craft of letters. It can have many of these meanings:

1.  The study of a language:  how it woks, and everything about it. This is "background research" on 

     language.

2.  The  study of sentence structure. A set of rules and examples to show how the language should be used.

     This is a correct "usage grammar", as in a texbook or manual.

3.  The system which people learn as they grow up. This is the "native-speaker's grammar".

When we speak, we use the native-person's grammar, or as near as we can. When we write, we try to write with  correct grammar. So, speaking and writing a language each have their own style. 

Spanish Section of Words in Red

craft - arte

meanings - significados

background research - investigación de antecedentes

usage grammar - uso de la gramática

native-speaker's grammar - gramática de las personas nativas

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