formal grammar in a sentence

Examples

1. A formal language is often defined by means of a formal grammar such as a regular grammar or context-free grammar, also called its formation rule.
2. As might be expected, the group learning by the new method made greater improvement than that engaged in the older and more rigid formal grammar.
3. This is in contrast with nonterminal symbols in formal grammars where the nonterminals on the right of a production can be substituted by different instances.
4. Description : This article introduced what is now known as the Chomsky hierarchy, a containment hierarchy of classes of formal grammars that generate formal languages.
5. Parsing expression grammars build on the BNF and regular expression notations to form an alternative class of formal grammar, which is essentially generative in character.
6. Parser combinators thereby enable parsers to be defined in an embedded style, in code which is similar in structure to the rules of the formal grammar.
7. The setting of the stories is altered to several European locations and there is considerably more formal grammar and exercises, in line with Italian teaching methods.
8. For reasons which will be stated in Chapter III, it is probable that none of the common justifications of formal grammar has been finally and completely refuted.
9. It is thus at least probable that a disincentive arises from the lack of a clear link between the material of formal grammar and the language situation.
10. Defences of formal grammar have been proposed other than this of its practical value in teaching correct writing and in making the business of class correction more efficient.