ungrammatical
Example Sentences
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Smothers died on Dec. 26, and that same day, a new book with a clunky and ungrammatical title became available on Amazon: “Tom Smothers: Revealing 4 Untold Truth About Half of Smothers Brother.”
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2024
Nor does it explain how his social media presence, which was always ungrammatical and silly, has become even more unhinged and incoherent.
From Salon • Sep. 27, 2023
Like most writers, I can be a stickler about language, but anyone who hangs out with me for long enough will learn that I favor a certain ungrammatical turn of phrase: “true fact.”
From The New Yorker • Dec. 19, 2018
As ungrammatical as the chorus is, it’s memorable and enduring.
From Slate • Oct. 18, 2018
Why would anyone think that this perfectly natural construction is ungrammatical?
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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