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When I first wrote this question, there were 22 questions using grammar. Should not those questions use a more specific tag, or (eventually) grammaticality?
It seems to me that grammar is used when users don't know which specific tag to use, or when asking about the grammaticality of a phrase. In the first case, the more specific tag should be used; in the second case, grammaticality should be more appropriate.
1There are actually two questions: (1) Should we remove "grammar" and (2) Should we add "grammaticality". I suggest we use this meta-question for the first, and elect the answer with most votes as a decision.–None–2016-09-27T21:16:12.827
There is no need of two questions. First off, a question suggesting to remove a tag should also suggest an alternative tag, if there is one. Then, remove and add is simply replace.–None–2016-09-28T04:21:18.610
This is actually very confusing. We should definitely NOT have tags with words that are extremely unusual and not readily understood.–None–2016-10-05T11:53:01.590
@CharlotteSL Grammar is a perfectly understood term; the problem is that it would be applicable to too much questions, including the ones about verbs, tenses, adverbs, adjectives, pronouns, etc.–None–2016-10-05T11:59:06.927
No. You misunderstand me. "grammaticality" is unusual and confusing. That makes the word unsuitable as a tag.–None–2016-10-05T12:02:08.327
@CharlotteSL What do you find unusual about the state or quality of being grammatical? It is a well-know term used when learning a language and its grammar. When you are asking if you are using the correct grammar when writing a phrase, you are asking about its grammaticality.–None–2016-10-05T12:06:38.823
Even Dictionary.com has an entry for that word.–None–2016-10-05T12:09:13.767
1How many native speakers use the word "grammaticality" from the top of their heads? I spoke to a native speaker today that didn't know about it. If my question is about grammar, I can simply use the tag "grammar".–None–2016-10-05T12:10:14.223
@CharlotteSL Do you mean English native speakers? I think there are many native speakers that use grammaticality. No, if you are asking about the grammaticality of a phrase, you aren't asking about grammar. 90% of the questions would be about grammar (e.g. verbs, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions). Take off the questions about the history of a language, the etymology of a word, useful online resources, and you will see how many questions are about grammar. Compared to that, questions about grammaticality are quite less.–None–2016-10-05T12:15:05.493
1Yes, English native speakers. Our audience is Esperanto speakers and English (native) speakers. "is the grammar in this sentence okay?" Is a typical, normal question. Very few people would say "what do you think of the grammaticality of my sentence?" Or "is it grammatically fine?". People don't say that.–None–2016-10-05T12:20:33.503
Let us continue this discussion in chat.–None–2016-10-05T12:32:04.903
1On what do you base your assumption that a lot of people use the word? A simple google search shows that linguists and dictionaries are the top results. Exactly these people don't need this tag. https://www.google.de/?gws_rd=ssl#q=grammaticality–None–2016-10-05T12:35:36.933
@CharlotteSL Google doesn't replace a corpus; you cannot use it to show a word is not know. The Wikipedia Corpus shows a frequency of 62 sentences using it, while the Corpus of Contemporary American English shows a frequency of 74 sentences. On which basis do you assume grammaticality is not a know word?–None–2016-10-05T13:33:45.453
2I didn't say it wasn't known, I'm saying it isn't normally used by non-experts. That is why the google search is a good example - it shows in which context and by whom it is used. Our experts don't need a "grammar" tag, they'll write "directional use of the n-finajxo". You can use your corpus search for that too. Does your corpus search show that the ones that would be active on Stack Exchange would use "grammaticality" rather than "grammar"? I say they'd use "grammar".–None–2016-10-05T16:17:09.387
@CharlotteSL Neither your Google search is specific for Stack Exchange users, so what is the point. You don't have any data to backup your point; you are just saying you don't like the tag.–None–2016-10-06T14:32:41.587