syntax
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"If someone looks closely, they can spot Russian syntax in these videos."
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
Rosalind Krauss’s “Passages in Modern Sculpture” offers a chapter on “a new syntax for sculpture.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
I would also hate it if a photo of me “disappeared” my hair or captured me from “underneath angles,” famously the worst angles, and goddammit, Trump has once again gifted us some incredible syntax here.
From Slate • Oct. 14, 2025
The Academy noted the author's flowing syntax with long, winding sentences devoid of full stops that has become his signature.
From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025
When enough careful writers and speakers fail to do something that a theory of syntax says they should, it could mean that it’s the theory that’s wrong, not the writers.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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The AP English Exam: Writing, Grammar, and Word Choice
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Keystone Exams: English Composition Glossary
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