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grammar
Part of speech: NounThe science that treats of the principles that govern the words of a language in their relation to each other; the art of speaking or writing a language according to these principles; a book on this science.
Usage examples "grammar":- Exceptions are always more interesting than rules- even in grammar. - "The Romanization of Roman Britain", F. Haverfield.
- " Just saved ourselves," whispered Kinch; " a minute later and we would have been done for;" and with this closing remark he applied himself to his grammar, a very judicious move on his part, for he had not looked at his lesson, and there were but ten minutes to elapse before the class would be called. - "The Garies and Their Friends", Frank J. Webb.
- I was thinking more about what I saw than about grammar. - "Cow-Country", B. M. Bower.