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What Is Semantics And Syntax In Grammar?
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I want to know some examples of, semantically incorrect/correct sentences as well as Syntaxically incorrect/correct.
I am trying to figure out, what semantics and syntax are but the articles that I have found are extremely confusing.
I am trying to figure out, what semantics and syntax are but the articles that I have found are extremely confusing.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Nothing wrong with "come here quick"
"Quick" is an adjective
Nothing wrong with "jealous of" to mean "envious of" either
The problem with giving examples of semantically incorrect examples in that you need a context to put it in: even "airborne (surely?) momentarily" is not wrong if you actually mean "only for a moment"!
An example of a syntactically incorrect sentence would be:
"After I had been to the cinema, David goes home", where it should either be
"After I have been ..."
or "... David went home"
"Syntaxically" IS wrong however: the word is "syntactically"
"Quick" is an adjective
Nothing wrong with "jealous of" to mean "envious of" either
The problem with giving examples of semantically incorrect examples in that you need a context to put it in: even "airborne (surely?) momentarily" is not wrong if you actually mean "only for a moment"!
An example of a syntactically incorrect sentence would be:
"After I had been to the cinema, David goes home", where it should either be
"After I have been ..."
or "... David went home"
"Syntaxically" IS wrong however: the word is "syntactically"
jomifl -what? We are speaking in the 21st Century therefore I wold assume one refers to a current edition of a dictionary for the correct meaning of a word rather than a 19th century version.
If the Oxford dictionary says this sentence is correct: "a graphic account of the riots" meaning "Giving clear and vividly explicit details" then its correct
http:// www.oxf orddict ionarie s.com/d efiniti on/engl ish/gra phic
If the Oxford dictionary says this sentence is correct: "a graphic account of the riots" meaning "Giving clear and vividly explicit details" then its correct
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