syntax

Words matter, and sometimes syntax is crucial—especially when it comes to the law.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The work was subsequently submitted to reading committees, tasked with checking its syntax and overall coherence.

From Barron's ● May 4, 2026

"If someone looks closely, they can spot Russian syntax in these videos."

From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026

When rendering spoken words in print, it’s standard practice to delete the “uhs” and “ums” and “likes,” remove irrelevant false starts and silently correct the minor errors of grammar and syntax endemic to human speech.

From Salon ● Feb. 22, 2026

Even with the syntax repaired, the sentences are difficult to understand, and the original contexts don’t make them any clearer.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

Early on, we are exposed to simple spoken words and syntaxes that are often not represented in writing.

From New York Times ● May 30, 2023

Sun also devised an “application programming interface” consisting of command names and syntaxes that programmers would use to communicate with the tools.

From Slate ● Oct. 5, 2020

Such a wide variety of shapes and syntaxes should feel disruptive.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2016

"Yes, he swims around most of the time in a sea of declensions, conjugations, and syntaxes, in Greek, Latin and English."

From A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill by Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice

They have been inherited by C++ and Java, which have C-like syntaxes.

From The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000 by Guy L. Steele