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noun

Syntax n.

Connected system or order; union of things; a number of things jointed together; organism. (Obs.) "They owe no other dependence to the first than what is common to the whole syntax of beings."

That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences; the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations, according to established usage in any language.

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Syntax" Quotes from Famous Books

... am but a novice, brother," whined the minstrel, "and fall easily back into my ancient and godless syntax. There is food. Pax vobiscum, son of the flesh." Then Hubert went over to the closet, and very quietly unlocking the door removed the crocodile and the various other implements that were necessary in bringing into being the dread Dragon ...

— The Dragon of Wantley - His Tale • Owen Wister

... ye pale professors, who drilled me in syntax and scansion, ye would deem me ungrateful indeed were I to give utterance to the contempt and indignation which I then felt for ye—then, when I looked back upon ten years of wasted existence spent under your tutelage—then, when, after ...

— The Quadroon - Adventures in the Far West • Mayne Reid

... pure "in grammatical forms, in syntax, and in vocabulary," could be kept thus clean without the aid of written texts, I am unable to imagine. If left merely to human memory and at the mercy of reciters and new poets, they would have become stained with "the defining article"—and, indeed, an employment of the article which startles ...

— Homer and His Age • Andrew Lang

... round golden head cropped close in the German fashion. His blue eyes were grave and thoughtful. By great good fortune we sat next each other at table, and in my rather grotesque German I began a conversation. How careful Ingo was not to laugh at the absurdities of my syntax! How ...

— Shandygaff • Christopher Morley

... is not necessarily a poet. So, too, there are poets who do not express their inspirations according to the rules of metre and syntax. ...

— Cosmic Consciousness • Ali Nomad

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