What does “syntax” mean in english language?
plz someone help me im stuck, i know ive asked this already but i think i may have worded it incorrectly and people may not have understood the question…
anyway im all googled out and their is no simple explanation anywhere as to what it means.
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syntax
One entry found for syntax.
Main Entry: syn·tax
Pronunciation: ‘sin-“taks
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French sintaxe, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek, from syntassein to arrange together, from syn- + tassein to arrange
1 a : the way in which linguistic elements (as words) are put together to form constituents (as phrases or clauses) b : the part of grammar dealing with this
2 : a connected or orderly system : harmonious arrangement of parts or elements 3 : syntactics especially as dealing with the formal properties of languages or calculi
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4 years ago
Syntaxing Definition
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Syntax is the rules that govern a language
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Without getting into a more complicated definition, it is generally speaking the order of the words.
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Syntax is the way you build, form, shape your phrases.
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i think it means like rules or something
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