different between ungrammatical vs grammatical

English

Etymology

un- +? grammatical

Adjective

ungrammatical (comparative more ungrammatical, superlative most ungrammatical)

1. (linguistics) In violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable or incorrect usage.

Usage notes

In formal linguistics, ungrammatical sentences are labelled using an asterisk (*):

*The subject of this sentence is.

This convention goes back at least as far as Leonard Bloomfield's Language (1933).

Synonyms

• agrammatical
• ungrammatic

Antonyms

• grammatical

Derived terms

Related terms

• ungrammaticalized

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammatic?lis.

Pronunciation

• enPR: gr?m?t'?k?l, IPA^(key): /????mæt?k?l/

Adjective

grammatical (comparative more grammatical, superlative most grammatical)

1. Not breaching any constraints of the grammar, or morpho-syntax, of the relevant language.

   Your writing is not grammatical enough for publication.

2. Of or pertaining to grammar.

   The writing was measured for both grammatical complexity and accuracy factors.

Synonyms

• grammatic

Antonyms

• (acceptable): ungrammatical

Derived terms

Translations

French

Etymology

From Middle French grammatical, from Latin grammatic?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a.ma.ti.kal/

Adjective

grammatical (feminine singular grammaticale, masculine plural grammaticaux, feminine plural grammaticales)

1. grammatical

Antonyms

• agrammatical

Derived terms

• grammaticalement
• mot grammatical

Related terms

• grammaire

Further reading

• “grammatical” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Adjective

grammatical m

1. Alternative form of granmatical