Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ungrammaticality

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: un-gram-mat-i-cal-i-ty
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

7

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or quality of being ungrammatical.

Uncountable

noun

An ungrammatical statement or utterance.

Countable

Example Sentences

"Though the ungrammaticality of split verbs is an urban legend, it found its way into The Texas Law Review Manual on Style, which is the arbiter of usage for many law review journals."

Etymology

Etymology tree English ungrammatical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English ungrammaticality From ungrammatical + -ity.

Usage

Inflected Forms

ungrammaticalities (plural)

Questions

What does ungrammaticality mean?: The state or quality of being ungrammatical.
Where does ungrammaticality come from?: Etymology tree English ungrammatical Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English ungrammaticality From ungrammatical + -ity.

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