Grammatically Correct Expression

A Grammatically Correct Expression is a Linguistic Expression that conforms to one (or more?) Natural Language Syntax and Natural Language Vocabulary.

• AKA: Grammatical Expression.
• Context:
  • a Grammatical Sentence.
  • A Linguistic Clause.
  • …
• Example(s):
  • “Run!”, a Grammatical Sentence.
  • “I ran home.”, a Grammatical Sentence.
  • “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.”, a Grammatical Sentence.
  • “Where is Waldo?”, a Grammatical Sentence.
  • “Ran home.”, a Clause.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Adjective, such as “red”.
  • an Un-Grammatical Word Sequence, such as “Ran home I.”.
  • a Non-Grammatical Text Item, such as a Descriptive Product Title.
• See: Grammatically Incorrect Expression.

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References

1999

• (M-W Colleg. Dict., 1999) ⇒ Merriam-Webster. (1999). “Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition.
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