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What does ungrammatical mean?

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Adjective
  1. (linguistics) In violation of one or more of the rules and conventions of a language as defined by the grammar, resulting in unacceptable, or incorrect, usage.
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There's a solemnly ungrammatical but sincere and oddly moving description of Baji Rout's role in the freedom movement that bears quotation.
She was told that sentences like the one you are now reading are ungrammatical.
The second problem with behavioral theory that Chomsky identified was that children are not reprimanded for uttering ungrammatical sentences.
The literal English translation is simply ungrammatical, and most readers would find it incoherent.
Identification takes place by noticing subtle differences between grammatical and ungrammatical utterances.
If he is a grammarian whose opinion we are supposed to respect, why does he write such ungrammatical English?

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