syntax
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Suddenly, they took on perfect grammar and syntax.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
"If someone looks closely, they can spot Russian syntax in these videos."
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2026
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 I gave my explanation sometimes he would say, “Quite right,” and other times he would correct me with lengthy explanations of syntax.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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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
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 Steele, Guy L.
"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 Rice, Alice Caldwell Hegan
Vocabulary lists containing syntax
The AP English Exam: Writing, Grammar, and Word Choice
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Write Makes Might: Words About Written Language
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Narrative Writing, List 1
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