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Definition of Grammatical rule
1. Noun. A linguistic rule for the syntax of grammatical utterances.
Generic synonyms: Linguistic Rule, Rule
Specialized synonyms: Transformation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grammatical Rule
Literary usage of Grammatical rule
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book of Literature and the Fine Arts: Comprising Complete and Accurate by George Ripley, Bayard Taylor (1852)
"... into its elements, by showing tho several parts of speech of which it is
composed, and their relation to each other according to grammatical rule«. ..."
2. The Principles of Expression in Pianoforte Playing by Adolph Friedrich Christiani (1885)
"NEGATIVE GRAMMATICAL ACCENTS. accents, falling on the weak parts of a measure,
are given -L negatively to grammatical rule, for the purpose of bringing ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Tennessee by Jere Baxter, Tennessee Supreme Court (1878)
"An instrument should be construed according to grammatical rule, but whether
written in derogation of the strict rules of grammar, or in strict conformity ..."
4. The Law Magazine and Law Review, Or, Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence by William S. Hein & Company (1861)
"The grammatical rule of referring qualifying words to the last of several
antecedents, is not even supposed by grammarians themselves to apply, ..."
5. Twelve Lectures on the Connection Between Science and Revealed Religion by Nicholas Patrick Wiseman (1842)
"In 1827, a very full critical grammar was published by Ewald, who necessarily
discussed the grammatical rule laid down by Gesenius on the subject of this ..."
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