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    Syntax refers to the rules and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, including word order. It comes from Greek terms meaning "together" and "ordering". Syntax determines the correct order of elements in a sentence, such as subject-verb-object in English. Changing the word order can make a sentence grammatically incorrect, though still understandable. The rules of syntax specify how phrases are combined into sentences.

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    Syntax refers to the rules and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, including word order. It comes from Greek terms meaning "together" and "ordering". Syntax determines the correct order of elements in a sentence, such as subject-verb-object in English. Changing the word order can make a sentence grammatically incorrect, though still understandable. The rules of syntax specify how phrases are combined into sentences.

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    Syntax refers to the rules and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language, including word order. It comes from Greek terms meaning "together" and "ordering". Syntax determines the correct order of elements in a sentence, such as subject-verb-object in English. Changing the word order can make a sentence grammatically incorrect, though still understandable. The rules of syntax specify how phrases are combined into sentences.

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    Chapter 4

    Syntax: The Sentence


    Patterns of Language
     WHAT IS SYNTAX?
     
     The word syntax comes from Ancient Greek:
    "coordination", which consists of syn, "together,"
    and táxis, "an ordering".

     Syntax is the set of rules, principles, and


    processes that govern the structure of sentences
    in a given language, usually including word order.

    "Syntax is the part of grammar that represents a


    speaker's knowledge of sentences and their
    structures.“
    WORD ORDER

    The rules of syntax are the combination between


    phrases and phrases into the same sentence; indicating
    the correct order of the sentence, for example in
    English language the correct order for a sentence is
    SUBJECT+VERB+OBJECT, if you change the order, the
    sentences will no have sense, and it will be
    grammatically incorrect, the people will understand you
    but it is not the correct form.
     

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