Editorial standards

A grammar reference is only useful if it is right. These are the standards every page on Magyarázva is held to.

Accuracy first

• Rules are checked against reference grammars. Every rule, paradigm and exception is checked against the standard descriptive grammars of Hungarian and, for spelling, against the Hungarian Academy's rules (A magyar helyesírás szabályai, 12th edition). The works used are listed at the end of each page and on the sources page.
• Standard Hungarian is the norm. Examples use standard modern Hungarian as spoken and written in Hungary. Where colloquial usage differs from the standard (for example lakok versus lakom), we describe both and say which is which, without moralising.
• Variation is reported, not hidden. Where native speakers genuinely vary, as with some loanword suffixes or place names, we say so.
• No invented data. We do not invent statistics, surveys or quotations. Figures such as speaker numbers or study-time estimates come from named public sources (for example the Hungarian Central Statistical Office or the US Foreign Service Institute) and are given as approximations where appropriate.

How guides are written

• Each guide answers the core question first, in the "Short answer" box, then explains the rule, the full forms, the exceptions and common errors.
• Translations reflect meaning. Where a literal gloss helps you understand the structure, it is labelled as literal.
• Grammatical terms are defined in the glossary and used consistently across the site.
• Interactive tools are tested against the forms in the guides, and they flag results that depend on memorised, lexical information.

Updates and review dates

Every guide shows the date it was last reviewed. We revise pages when we find errors, when readers point out gaps, and when authoritative sources change (for example a new edition of the spelling rules). Substantive corrections are logged on the corrections page.

Independence and advertising

Editorial content is never written or changed to suit advertisers. Advertising, where it appears, is clearly separated from content. We do not accept paid placements or sponsored recommendations.

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