Example sentences for: syntax

How can you use “syntax” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • And in several of these random instances of pleonasm, truism, kinky syntax, malapropos metaphor, and just plain dumb things to say, I perceived the moroxonic spirit at work.

  • The Rio Grande, the river in whose valley the capital lies, has been called the Great River in English, maybe partly because Spanish Grande suggests English Grand , but in fact Rio Grande means simply Big River . Great River would be Gran Rio . (That tricky syntax again.)

  • The howlers in my collection that I most cherish, however, depend for their charm on skewed syntax.

  • But the picture's glory is its layered and intricate syntax.

  • I'm all for Latin courses, but there's an easier way of building your English vocabulary then plowing through the intricacies of Latin morphology and syntax.


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