ungrammatical
Example Sentences
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Another piece from 1968, about Gamblers Anonymous, quotes the people at a meeting in ungrammatical English, speaking “as if from some subverbal swamp.”
From Washington Times
It’s a feeling underscored by the curious decision to render Lovely’s voice in broken, ungrammatical English.
From New York Times
For many Americans, the use of “they” as a singular pronoun can be ungrammatical and confusing.
From Seattle Times
“Mom, I’m not coming home,” it said, in ungrammatical German.
From The New Yorker
Like most writers, I can be a stickler about language, but anyone who hangs out with me for long enough will learn that I favor a certain ungrammatical turn of phrase: “true fact.”
From The New Yorker
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
