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Okay, so the syntax is a bit rough on the thing, but I'll get with the scripter to see if that can't be cleaned up a little.

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  1. noun The study of the rules whereby words or other elements of sentence structure are combined to form grammatical sentences.
  2. noun A publication, such as a book, that presents such rules.
  3. noun The pattern of formation of sentences or phrases in a language.
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  • Okay, so the syntax is a bit rough on the thing, but I'll get with the scripter to see if that can't be cleaned up a little. —  World of SL
  • These bindings are created using the {{expression}} syntax, which is both simple and rich in that it enables arbitrary JavaScript expressions. —  ASP.NET Weblogs
  • There are variations between implementations of the regular expression syntax, but most adhere to similar rules. —  SQLServerCentral.com Articles
  • ” For those of you unfamiliar with Mr. Korngold, he is generally credited with “inventing” what is known as the syntax of orchestral film music. —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • An important thing to note about this syntax is that while you are not manually instantiating the metaclass when defining your classes this way, the Python interpeter will instantiate the metaclass. —  Planet Python
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  1. French syntaxe, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek suntaxis, from suntassein, to put in order : sun-, syn- + tassein, tag-, to arrange.

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  1. Formerly, as Late Latin, syntaxis, sintaxis; from French synlaxe = Spanish sintáxis = Portuguese syntaxe = Italian sintassi = Dutch syntaxis = G. Swedish Danish syntax, from Late Latin syntaxis, from Greek σύνταξις, a putting together, an arrangement or drawing up (as of soldiers or words), syntax, from συντάσ, σ1σειν, draw up in order, array, from σύν, together, + τάσσ, σ1ειν, arrange, put in order: see tactic, taxis.
 

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