1. What do grammarians mean when they talk about inflection?

Question

1. What do grammarians mean when they talk about inflection?

Answer 1

An alteration of the form of a word by the addition of an affix, as in English dogs from dog, or by changing the form of a base, as in English spoke from speak, that indicates grammatical features such as number, person, mood, or tense.

An affix indicating such a grammatical feature, as the –s in the English third person singular verb form speaks.

The paradigm of a word.

A pattern of forming paradigms, such as noun inflection or verb inflection.

Answer 2

inflection is the tone of ur voice...

Answer 3

In grammar, inflection means a  change in the form of a word usually by adding a suffix to indicate a change in its grammatical function

Answer 4

Inflection is a change in the form of a word, signalling change in such grammatical functions as tense or number.

An alteration of the form of a word by the addition of an affix, such as adding an 's' to change 'speak' to 'speaks'.

Inflection has different meanings such as when related to pronunciation, but your question is in reference to grammar.