grammar
(uncountable) Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
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Now that computers can spell and use grammar well enough that you can't tell the difference between a computer and a B-minus student, you have to use a more-effortful method of assessment.
The joke is that this is what teachers should have been doing all along but it was always easier to use "can spell and use proper grammar" as a proxy for general intelligence.
I just wanted to express how much I appreciate all of you. You're smart, kind, passionate, and you know how to spell, use punctuation and proper grammar. No one has told me "Your a looser."😆 I feel a kinship. We'll g…
If Google had asked for consent, they could have explained the use cases for it. They did not. Personally, I ditched Chrome a while ago, and I really don't want mystery models tying up my GPU to give me grammar tips…
Teacher of Biology with Science, Perth Grammar School
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(uncountable) Actual or presumed prescriptive notions about the correct use of a language.
: Because real lexicons are big and complex, from a software engineering perspective it is best to write simple grammars that have a simple, well-defined way, of pulling out the information they need from vast lexicons. That is, grammars…
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(countable) A book describing the grammar ( or ) of a language.
“Now that computers can spell and use grammar well enough that you can't tell the difference between a computer and a B-minus student, you have to use a more-effortful method of assessment.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“The joke is that this is what teachers should have been doing all along but it was always easier to use "can spell and use proper grammar" as a proxy for general intelligence.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“I just wanted to express how much I appreciate all of you. You're smart, kind, passionate, and you know how to spell, use punctuation and proper grammar. No one has told me "Your a looser."😆 I feel a kinship. We'll get through this.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“If Google had asked for consent, they could have explained the use cases for it. They did not. Personally, I ditched Chrome a while ago, and I really don't want mystery models tying up my GPU to give me grammar tips or some nonsense I didn't ask for. I need it for my work.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Teacher of Biology with Science, Perth Grammar School”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(countable, and, uncountable, linguistics) A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
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