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Meaning of 'grammar' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Grammar [ n.]
- 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 aud application of the rules of a language, in speaking or writing.
- The art of speaking or writing with correctness or according to established usage; speech considered with regard to the rules of a grammar.
- A treatise on the principles of language; a book containing the principles and rules for correctness in speaking or writing.
- treatise on the elements or principles of any science; as, a grammar of geography.
2 . Grammar [ v. i.]
- To discourse according to the rules of grammar; to use grammar.

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