Special Dictation

Grammar is the field of lingustics that covers the conventions governning the use of any given natural language. It includes morphology and syntax, often complemented by phonetics, phonology, semantics, and pragmatics each language has its own distinct grammar. "english grammar" is the set of rules of the english language itself. "an english grammar" is a specific study or analysis of these rules. A reference book descrubing the grammar of a language is called a "reference grammar " or simply "a grammar". A fully explict grammar exhaustively describing the grammatical constructions of a language is called a descriptive grammar, as opposed to lingustic prescription, which tries to enforce the governing rules of how a language is to be used.(117)