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grammar noun

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Definition

[U] (the study or use of) the rules about how words change their form and combine with other words to make sentences
[C] mainly UK a book of grammar rules
a German grammar

(Definition of grammar noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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