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Definition of well formed in English:

adjective

1Correctly or attractively proportioned or shaped:by twenty weeks the fetus is well formed

1.1(Especially of a sentence or phrase) constructed according to grammatical rules:well-formed sentences

1.2Logic Conforming to the formation rules of a logical system.

Definition of well formed in:

Syntax


New Hart’s Rules
Garner’s Dictionary of Legal Usage
New Oxford Dictionary for Writers & Editors
Pocket Fowler’s Modern English Usage
Grammar & usage
 P1000250
syntax

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Pronunciation: /ˈsɪntaks/]

Definition of syntax in English:

noun

[MASS NOUN]

1The arrangement of words and phrases to create well-formed sentences in a language:the syntax of English

1.1A set of rules for or an analysis of the syntax of a language:generative syntax

1.2The branch of linguistics that deals with syntax.

2The structure of statements in a computer language.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French syntaxe, or via late Latin from Greek suntaxis, from sun- ‘together’ +tassein ‘arrange’.

Definition of syntax in:

Consent,consequence etc

I keep getting mixed up with my words

To be  consequential to my lover  is absurd

He’s  very inconstant

Makes the most of each instant

And treats me to a meal on the 3rd.

 

I don’t feel like eating any more.

My stomach has closed its little door.

Consequently I am thinner

So this  is a winner.

Take penicillin and hog the dance floor.

 

The trouble is,it gives me diarrhea.

So I hope the toilet is near.

Toilet is common,

But never mind that plumbing.

I have developed a terrible fear.

 

I think  the top folk say “loo”

But first they say,How do you do?

Don’t tell them the truth.

Nor offer any proof.

Don’t even give them a clue.

 

My late lover said,In the pink.

When he was asked that,I think.

Even as he died

His eyes opened wide.

He smiled broadly and give me a wink.

 

 

 

You seem he’d forgotten I was his spouse.

As I kept always knitting my brows.

He desired  to   be close

So was unfaithful,almost.

But  he loved me  even before he could browse.

 

 

Is it consequential?

Word of the Day

Consequential

audio pronunciation
December 01, 2015
adjective
\kahn-suh-KWEN-shul\ [American pronunciation]
Definition
1
: of the nature of a secondary result : indirect
2
: consequent
3
: having significant consequences : important
4
: self-important
Examples
Voters handed the mayor a decisive victory in the election, demonstrating that they still trust her to handle the most consequential issues facing the community.

“But while much of the world was looking away, Shinzo Abe, the country’s prime minister since 2012, has become one of the most consequentialJ apanese politicians of the postwar era.” — Bill Powell,Newsweek, 29 Sept. 2015

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