Definition of "ungrammatical" []

• Not in accord with the rules of grammar. (adjective)
• Not in accord with standard or socially prestigious linguistic usage. (adjective)

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• "The fourth sentence should sound ungrammatical which is what the asterisk means."
• "Coverdale's translation is not "ungrammatical" as far as the Hebrew language is concerned, notwithstanding that it was rejected in the reign of James I. ¤lechem¤, "bread," is evidently the accusative noun to the transitive verb ¤yiten¤, "He shall give.""
• "What seems so horribly wrong about Palin's speech is that it borrows the strngth of demotic English, not to express thought forcefully - as ordinary, even "ungrammatical" English can do - but to cover for dishonesty and moral aridity."