syntactic

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Syntactic relation is the relation of the parts of speech to each other as integral parts of a sentence.

From On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 by Powell, John Wesley

Syntactic convertibility.—The combination to err, is at this moment an infinitive verb.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)

Syntactic relation must not be confounded with the relation expressed by prepositions.

From On the Evolution of Language First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 1-16 by Powell, John Wesley