syntax
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A: Syntax errors in emails are reported when the address in a sent email is incorrectly formatted.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2022
Soon after Syntax began operations, it started working with Sanjay Shah, who eventually bought the company.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2018
Syntax has to do with the mechanics of putting a sentence together.
From Economist • May 24, 2018
Other books published by members of the group had titles such as “The General Theory of Knowledge” and “The Logical Syntax of Language” and “The Scientific Worldview.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2018
Syntax solves this problem by having adjacent strings of words stand for related sets of concepts, and by inserting one string inside another to stand for concepts that are parts of bigger concepts.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
Vocabulary lists containing syntax
The AP English Exam: Writing, Grammar, and Word Choice
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Write Makes Might: Words About Written Language
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Narrative Writing, List 1
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