The phrase "academic grammar" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the rules and conventions of grammar that are typically applied in academic writing.
Example: "Understanding academic grammar is essential for producing high-quality research papers."
Alternatives: "scholarly grammar" or "formal grammar".
To put it bluntly, your family income would need to be around £90,000 a year for your child to have a half a chance at getting into an academic grammar school.
Their aim, in part, is to fill the void left by Old Labour's abolition in years gone by of the highly academic grammar and state-subsidised direct grant schools.The Church Schools Company, a charity that runs eight well-regarded independent schools, sponsors two such academies and plans eight more.
Young's book was an opening shot in a successful war against the 11-plus, a British school examination that divided children between a gifted elite destined for academic grammar schools and those consigned to run-of-the-mill secondary modern schools.
She must also settle the upheaval caused by Mr McGuinness's pledge, when he was education minister in an earlier attempt at power-sharing, to do away with selective "11-plus" exams that shunt some children towards highly academic grammar schools and others into less-demanding secondary schools.
Some programs claim to offer a magic shortcut that lets you learn a language without all that icky, academic grammar stuff.
An academic reference grammar of modern literary Uzbek / András J.E. Bodrogligeti.
This latest research, conducted by Bristol University, reveals what campaigners against academic selection and grammar schools have long argued: when social and economic factors are taken into consideration, grammar school performance is no better than any other school.
In most areas of England, academic selection for grammar school was rightly abolished many years ago.
Measured by academic attainment, yes: grammar schools on the most part have an excellent record in gaining top grades for their pupils.
Academic selection and grammar schools were abolished in most areas of England in the 1960s and 70s.
Academic selection and grammar schools were abolished in most areas of England in the 1960s and 70s but some areas retained them - including Buckinghamshire, Kent and Trafford.
