syntax

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026

She’s a cracking storyteller, don’t get me wrong, but sentence to sentence there’s not a lot going on, and there are hiccups in her grammar and syntax.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 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

"While it is Krasznahorkai's weighty, rolling syntax that has perhaps become his signature as an author, his style also allows for a lightness of touch and a great lyrical beauty," Academy member Steve Sem-Sandberg said.

From Barron's • Oct. 9, 2025

The reason that the task is so challenging is that the main resource that English syntax makes available to writers—left-to-right ordering on a page—has to do two things at once.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker