ungrammatical

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Yet, somehow, he was producing paragraphs of eighth-grade level prose instead of the barely-intelligible and ungrammatical screeds — fourth-grade level prose, according to a 2024 New York Times analysis — he usually whips out.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2025

And in general, the A.I. bots were useful for sharpening prose and cleaning up clunky, ungrammatical sentences.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2023

As ungrammatical as the chorus is, it’s memorable and enduring.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2018

The wording is ungrammatical and occasionally combines ideas that might otherwise have been kept apart.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 12, 2018

At the time, the ungrammatical and somehow provocative use of “like” instead of “as” created a minor sensation.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell