Meaning & use
syntactical
Relating to the arrangement of words and phrases to form grammatically correct sentences.
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The essay had several syntactical errors that made its sentences confusing to follow.
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A note on using this word
Essentially interchangeable with "syntactic"; the shorter form is more common in modern linguistic writing.
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