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'''Grammar''' is the study of the rules governing use of [[language]]. As such, it is part of the discipline of [[linguistics]].
'''Grammar''' is the study of the rules governing use of [[language]]. As such, it is part of the discipline of [[linguistics]].
== Sentence Structure ==
A "Grammar" (from a linguistic point of view) catalogs the various parts of speech in use by the language, including: verbs, nouns, pronouns, prepositions; it catalogs how actions are described, almost exclusively trough use of [[verbs]]) and how those verbs are conjugated within a sentence; it catalogs how a language codifies for both mode and tense; and it attempts to quantify other less precise aspects of written or oral communication like metaphors, enclitics, onomatopoeia, and others.
'''SVO''' refers to '''subject''', '''verb''', '''object'''. An [[English]] example of this is '''I buy the paper'''. In [[German]] this would be rendered '''Ich kaufe die Zeitung'''.
==Some Grammar Concepts==
===Sentence Structure===
When lingusits describe sentance structure in languages, they typically look at the relationship between the Subject, the Object and the Verb and classify the language by the order of those words. '''SVO''' refers to '''subject''', '''verb''', '''object'''. An [[English]] example of this is '''I buy the paper'''. In [[German]] this would be rendered '''Ich kaufe die Zeitung'''.
*'''Subject''' is the agent of the action (such as a person).
*'''Subject''' is the agent of the action (such as a person).