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ungrammatical

[uhn-gruh-mat-i-kuhl] / ˌʌn grəˈmæt ɪ kəl /
ADJECTIVE
not using the correct rules of grammar
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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

In June 1980, Wojnarowicz sent eight postcards in sequence, one a day, that spelled, in whimsical, elegant hand-drawn letters, “J’aime toi”— or, “I love you,” in ungrammatical French.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2022

The wording is ungrammatical and occasionally combines ideas that might otherwise have been kept apart.

From The New Yorker Aug. 12, 2018

Me and my ilks, she wrote in a purposely ungrammatical way, get set in our ways, too, and have expectations of a certain level of knowledge, decorum and protocol.

From Washington Post Feb. 17, 2017

Teachers need a simple way to teach them how to break sentences, so they tell them that sentences beginning with and and other conjunctions are ungrammatical.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker




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