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Some people—in fear of being accused of using AI—are purposely inserting grammatical errors or typos to make their prose look more human, experts say.—Angela Haupt, Time, 9 Feb. 2026 Searching the documents is difficult for a number of reasons, including Epstein’s voluminous misspellings and grammatical errors.—Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 8 Feb. 2026 More than this, Smart’s project, an ongoing one, seems to have transcended the grammatical and become devotional.—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026 Epstein emailed current and former political figures on all sides, sending news clips and discussing strategy or gossip often in short, choppy emails laden with spelling and grammatical errors.—Jesse Bedayn, Fortune, 14 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grammatical
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borrowed from Middle French and Late Latin; Middle French grammaticale, borrowed from Late Latin grammaticālis, from Latin grammaticagrammar + -ālis-al entry 1