Adjective : an ungrammatical sentence. From Dictionary.com.
The fourth sentence should sound ungrammatical which is what the asterisk means. From Wordnik.com. [Class Notes: Verb Islands] Reference
"Not me," she returned, ungrammatical and emphatic. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Pat at Artemis Lodge] Reference
"Who to?" exclaimed Mr. Dod, in ungrammatical amazement. From Wordnik.com. [A Voyage of Consolation (being in the nature of a sequel to the experiences of 'An American girl in London')] Reference
She would be bluff and rude and ungrammatical and ill-bred. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City] Reference
Without iva any word to that effect, Mahendram would be ungrammatical. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
There are some days when any of us may be ungrammatical and spell ill. From Wordnik.com. [The Virginians] Reference
"They are generally cryptic, esoteric, ungrammatical and besides the point.". From Wordnik.com. [Daniel Grant: Are "Artists' Statements" Really Necessary?] Reference
We commit our half – formed thoughts in ungrammatical phrases to the post card. From Wordnik.com. [The Death of the Moth, and other essays] Reference
This omission sometimes makes the sentence ungrammatical or doubtful in its meaning. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Grammar and Composition] Reference
But it would be ungrammatical to begin it thus: "Rescuing his own son was the work, etc.". From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
A commenter quite rightly takes me task for that very ugly and ungrammatical first sentence. From Wordnik.com. [Not all Balls] Reference
Was it some ungrammatical dialect he slipped into, one where only the present tense is used?. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Campaign Winning Today's Spin War With McCain Over Iraq?] Reference
Which is all very ungrammatical and entirely me, as I am when I get off my hinges too suddenly. From Wordnik.com. [An Englishwoman's Love-Letters] Reference
If a lead is ungrammatical no clever arrangement of details can make it effective or other than ludicrous. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
"I'll put on a play for you and that'll tell me if you knows your business," grunted the ungrammatical Rich. From Wordnik.com. [Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera'] Reference
The talk that was indulged in must have been interesting, even though the French was halting and ungrammatical. From Wordnik.com. ["Contemptible", by "Casualty"] Reference
"You've gotta let me know," he chants the popular (and ungrammatical) chorus: "Are we human, or are we dancer?". From Wordnik.com. [Rob Fishman: Human or Dancer: Killers Waver at Jones Beach] Reference
“Holmes, thank —” I caught myself and blurted out in no doubt ungrammatical Arabic, “I need your help.”. From Wordnik.com. [O Jerusalem]
"I's-a-warrant-ye" (perhaps when resolved to its ungrammatical elements, "I is a warranty to ye") proceeds through. From Wordnik.com. [Notes and Queries, Number 63, January 11, 1851] Reference
"Well if it isn't La Gubelmann," said Mr. Adler, who inserts as much ungrammatical French into conversation as possible. From Wordnik.com. [Gifts for Those With It All] Reference
"Across iPhone" sounds clunky and ungrammatical, and we doubt putting a camera in the iPod Touch would cannibalize iPhone sales. From Wordnik.com. [Original Signal - Transmitting Gadgets] Reference
Lizzie was accustomed to ungrammatical language at home, but the atmosphere of this house made ignorance of good form noticeable. From Wordnik.com. [The Wind Before the Dawn] Reference
The next morning The Art Newspaper hits the stands with a crude, unauthorized, tragically ungrammatical transcription of my remarks. From Wordnik.com. [Art Fairs to Remember] Reference
Coquelin did some excellent French monologues — one of them an ungrammatical Englishman telling a colorless historiette in French. From Wordnik.com. [Mark Twain: A Biography] Reference
But, before he could speak, the child-woman had launched into a vivacious, if ungrammatical, explanation and story of what had occurred. From Wordnik.com. ['Smiles' A Rose of the Cumberlands] Reference
His enemies might accuse his style of being coarse, and sometimes even ungrammatical, but they could never deny its energy or its effect. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II] Reference
There was something in this speech which grated on my ear as painfully ungrammatical; and I resolved, on the first opportunity, to instruct. From Wordnik.com. [A Grandmother's Recollections] Reference
One day, after a whole batch of ungrammatical novels had reached him from the library, he posted his manuscript to his favourite publisher. From Wordnik.com. [The Ghost Ship] Reference
The minister's education was quite limited, as she could perceive from the ungrammatical language he used, but he preached sound orthodox doctrine. From Wordnik.com. [Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch] Reference
"You thought she was me while all the time she was she and me was me," -- the hodge-podge of pronouns and their ungrammatical use was too much for poor Chuck. From Wordnik.com. [Phyllis A Twin] Reference
Many a poorly written, ungrammatical news story is printed simply because it contains facts that are of interest, regardless of the way in which they are presented. From Wordnik.com. [Newspaper Reporting and Correspondence A Manual for Reporters, Correspondents, and Students of Newspaper Writing] Reference
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