Spelling, punctuation, verb tense, syntax, etc.

noun

1. The study of the classes of words, their inflections see inflection, and their functions and relations in the sentence
2. A study of what is to be preferred and what avoided in inflection see inflection and syntax see syntax
3. The characteristic system of inflections see inflection and syntax of a language
4. A system of rules that defines the grammatical structure of a language
5. A grammar textbook
6. Speech or writing evaluated according to its conformity to grammatical rules

   "appalled at the bad grammar of college students"

7. The principles or rules of an art, science, or technique

   "a grammar of the theater"

noun

1. A secondary school emphasizing Latin and Greek in preparation for college
2. A British college preparatory school
3. A school intermediate between primary school and high school
4. Elementary school

noun

1. A feature that finds grammatical errors

   "The word processing software includes a grammar checker."

noun

1. A description in the form of a set of rules for producing the grammatical sentences of a language
2. Transformational grammar

noun

1. A grammar based on a theory in which grammatical relations (such as subject or object) are primitives in terms of which syntactic operations are defined

noun

1. A grammar based on the theory that language consists of a series of hierarchically related strata linked together by representational rules

noun

1. A grammar that generates the deep structures of a language and converts these to the surface structures by means of transformations

noun

1. The study of general principles believed to underlie the grammatical phenomena of all languages