grammatical/grammatically correct

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The sentence is grammatical.
The sentence is grammatically correct.

Which sentence is preferred by natives?

Thanks.

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I prefer the first, because 'grammatical' means 'conforming to the rules of English grammar', thus 'grammatically correct' is excessively wordy.

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@contrex,

contrex wrote:

I prefer the first, because 'grammatical' means 'conforming to the rules of English grammar', thus 'grammatically correct' is excessively wordy.

I think so too.

Thank you.

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