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What is grammar? |
The study of how words and their parts are put together to form sentences in a language. |
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Define Descriptive Grammar |
The grammar that focuses on how people actually put words together to form sentences in English. |
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Define Prescriptive Grammar |
The grammar that focuses on how educated people say words SHOULD be put together to form sentences. |
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Define a Dialect |
A variation (grammar, pronunciation etc) of a language that is unique to a certain region or social group. |
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Edited American English |
The written variety of English that is considered the norm for textbooks, newspapers, and scholarly publications. |
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Standard American English |
The variety of English used by educated American speakers on TV and in media, unmarked by regional or social dialectical influences. |
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How is the word "ain't" formed? |
It is a contraction of "Am not" |
