For other uses, see Syntax (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Sin tax. See also Syntaxis.
"Sentence structure" redirects here. For sentence types in traditional grammar, see Sentence clause structure.
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In linguistics, syntax is the set of rules, principles, and processes that govern the structure of sentences in a given language. The term syntax is also used to refer to the study of such principles and processes.[1] The goal of many syntacticians is to discover the syntactic rules common to all languages.