syntax
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They aimed to retain the “breathing units” of biblical speech, even if that meant straining German with Hebraic syntax; the criteria, Mendes-Flohr observes, were “not aesthetic but, as it were, respiratory.”
"If someone looks closely, they can spot Russian syntax in these videos."
From BBC
When rendering spoken words in print, it’s standard practice to delete the “uhs” and “ums” and “likes,” remove irrelevant false starts and silently correct the minor errors of grammar and syntax endemic to human speech.
From Salon
“The skill set of the future is not syntax or rote creation, but taste and judgment,” he said.
Even the mystery she’s trying to unravel depends on correctly parsing the meaning of syntax and conjugation.
From Salon
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