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grammaticalness

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English

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Etymology

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From grammatical +‎ -ness.

Noun

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grammaticalness (uncountable)

  1. (of language) Synonym of grammaticality.
    • 1967, Lawrence E. Marks, “Judgments of Grammaticalness of Some English Sentences and Semi-Sentences”, in The American Journal of Psychology, volume 80, number 2, page 196:
      There appear to be at least two distinct ways to assign levels of grammaticalness to deviant sentences.

References

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  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. See "grammatical".
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996. See "grammaticality".