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Recent Examples of nongrammatical
Runyon is writing in a nongrammatical, break-the-rules style.
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San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nongrammatical
Adjective
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And in general, the A.I. bots were useful for sharpening prose and cleaning up clunky, ungrammatical sentences.—
Brian X. Chen,
New York Times,
1 Feb. 2023
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That could be useful for conversations where telegraphic, ungrammatical messages would come off as impolite.—
Tom Simonite,
Wired,
18 Oct. 2020
Adjective
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So Americans who don't travel, who 80 percent don't have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naivete.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
28 Nov. 2024
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So, Americans who don’t travel, who 80 percent don’t have a passport, who are uneducated, are in their extraordinary naïveté.—
James Hibberd,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Nov. 2024
Adjective
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Independence is expanding its apartment inspection program, called Rental Ready, after buildings that had passed city inspections under the old guidelines gained publicity for substandard and dangerous living conditions.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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The station had been renovated twice in recent years under a partnership between Serbia and Chinese companies, raising allegations of corruption and substandard construction practices.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Other regional neighbors were also critical of Trump.—
Helen Regan,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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During his confirmation hearings, Rubio criticized China's expansionism and stressed the need for strong alliances to uphold regional stability.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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For example, malfunctioning sensors, unreliable asset location or gaps in data collection can produce incorrect conclusions about asset movement, leading to questionable insights.—
Fabio Belloni,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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In that case, Fox made a modest admission that incorrect claims had been made, but Dominion Voting Systems was able to reveal the size of the settlement — the more telling concession.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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An appreciation of the theater as a dialectical art form that puts perspectives into collision.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Dec. 2024
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Richardson weaves a dialectical story of conflict between American leaders who want power over others, portraying American democracy not as a triumphant accomplishment but as, at best, a work in progress.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
12 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Those afflicted with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often behave in a manner which the unlearned (or uncaring) will immediately label as criminal.—
Killian Baarlaer,
The Courier-Journal,
6 Sep. 2024
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Although the 1973 commission’s report ran to 2,200 pages, some big lessons from 1973 may have gone unlearned—lessons that Israel needed to understand then and still does now.—
Uri Kaufman,
Foreign Affairs,
20 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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And Telegram itself uses standard crypto algorithms developed and certified by US government agencies, just in nonstandard ways.—
Andy Greenberg,
WIRED,
27 Jan. 2021
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Despite these guidelines, healthcare providers still take measurements in nonstandard positions — with the arm resting on a patient’s lap or hanging at their side, according to study authors.—
Don Rauf,
EverydayHealth.com,
10 Oct. 2024
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“Nongrammatical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nongrammatical. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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