syntax
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A: Syntax errors in emails are reported when the address in a sent email is incorrectly formatted.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 12, 2022
Soon after Syntax began operations, it started working with Sanjay Shah, who eventually bought the company.
From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2018
Syntax has to do with the mechanics of putting a sentence together.
From Economist • May 24, 2018
Swed jogged up to San Francisco for an event that was all about the joys of unintelligible sound: "Sound Poetry: The Wages of Syntax," featuring performances by Enzo Minarelli, Jaap Blonk and Michael McClure.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2018
Syntax, then, is an app that uses a tree of phrases to translate a web of thoughts into a string of words.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
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