Usage examples of "reference grammar" in English with translation to French

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Your grammar is better than your breath. Ta grammaire est meilleure que ton haleine !
In C language, There are two ways to pass parameters to a function: to pass by value and to pass by reference. En langage C, il y a deux moyens de passer des paramètres à une fonction : soit par valeur, soit par référence.
Ironically, that old grammar rule that says "never end a sentence with a preposition" does just that! De manière ironique, la vieille règle de grammaire qui dit "ne jamais terminer une phrase par une préposition" le fait précisément !
I don't have a good reference book to hand. Je n'ai aucun bon livre de référence sous la main.
Just imagine that every time somebody made a grammar mistake, people only could answer "Syntax error." and leave the somebody with that. Imaginez si chaque fois que quelqu'un faisait une faute de grammaire, nous ne pouvions que lui répondre "Erreur de syntaxe." en le laissant se débrouiller avec ça.
He made reference to my book. Il a fait référence à mon livre.
Let's just hope she won't evaluate the grammar. Il n'y a plus qu'à espérer qu'elle n'évalue pas la grammaire.
This reference is valuable for my research. Cette référence est précieuse pour ma recherche.
According to my experience, it takes one year to master French grammar. Selon mon expérience, il faut un an pour maîtriser la grammaire française.
Perry is mistaken in thinking that Emmet's theory was constructed without reference to Newtonian physics. Perry se trompe en pensant que la théorie d'Emmet a été construite sans référence à la physique de Newton.
Omission is a perfectly good example of an expression technique, and is brought up in many grammar books. L'omission est l'exemple parfait d'une expression technique ; elle est utilisée dans de nombreuses grammaires.
You must study grammar more. Tu dois davantage étudier la grammaire.
Yoda's grammar learned you have. La grammaire par Yoda apprise tu as !
My teacher is a stickler for grammar. Mon professeur est pointilleux sur la grammaire.
The rules of grammar and spelling have to be broken in order for a language to evolve. Les règles grammaticales et orthographiques doivent être enfreintes pour qu'une langue évolue.
Grammar be hanged. Au diable la grammaire !
Grammar is a very complex thing. La grammaire est quelque chose de très compliqué.
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