ABSTRACT
The word syntax bothers a lot of people – including me, I might add! I find it slippery: it is difficult to pin down exactly what it means or can mean – an elusiveness confirmed when consulting The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary:
syntax: (A) The arrangement of words (in their appropriate forms) by which
their connection and relation in a sentence are shown . . . Also, the constructional uses . . . characteristic of an author.
