National Grammar Day– March 4, 2022

On March 4, we let our inner nerd out for National Grammar Day! The day was developed in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, the founder of the Society for the Promotion of Excellent Grammar. The day’s slogan is: “It’s not only a date, it’s an imperative: March forth on March 4 to speak well, compose well, and aid others do the same!” We take that important seriously, so this National Grammar Day, we are commemorating the tricks of the English language by studying up on common grammar mistakes, checking our correspondence, and thanking our editors!

NATIONAL GRAMMAR DAY TIMELINE
5th century B.C.
Sanskrit Grammar
A form of grammar is used in Sanskrit however standard grammar and the alphabetic system is established much later by the early Greeks.

1st century B.C
. The Greeks Define Grammar
Dionysius Thrax defines grammar as a mode that enables an individual to speak a language and its components in relation to each other.

1950s
New Theories
Grammar goes through a dramatic modification after new theories are presented, mostly by Noam Chomsky.

2009
Modern Grammar
Max Lytvyn, Alex Shevchenko, and Dmytro Lider develop the platform Grammarly.

NATIONAL GRAMMAR DAY ACTIVITIES
Discover a brand-new grammar guideline
Exists a particular grammar rule you always feel like you have to double-check? Usage National Grammar Day as your reason to lastly remember that pesky grammar rule! (One we are always looking up: lay versus lie! How to keep in mind it: you rest on the sofa, however you lay the book on the table!).

Go out your red pen.
Magazines and papers go through numerous rounds of copyedits, however errors almost always make it through. Celebrate National Grammar Day by acknowledging that nobody is perfect with grammar, even the experts! Review your preferred publication or paper with your grammar antenna on and your red pen ready to capture any mistakes. And what to do when you find one? Absolutely nothing beyond a big red circle and a smile.

Have a grammar celebration.
Invite your good friends over for grammar video games! Play pin the apostrophe on the “it’s”; read out examples of the most hilarious grammar mistakes from the Web; and stage a conversation on among the greatest arguments in the English language: the oxford comma, nay or yay?

WHY WE LOVE NATIONAL GRAMMAR DAY.
Grammar works.
Grammar helps us be absolutely clear when sharing our ideas. It’s the distinction between inviting your mom to eat (” let’s consume, mama!”) and consuming your mama (” let’s consume mommy!”). It’s the distinction between delighting in cooking and likewise enjoying your pets (” I take pleasure in cooking, my feline, and my dog”) and cooking your pets (” I delight in cooking my feline and my canine”).

Grammar is pleasing.
Proofreading feels excellent. Finding a typo, misspelled word, or misused there, their, or they’re is exceptionally satisfying. One may even call it day-making! Whether you read over your own work, taking a red pen to a buddy’s cover letter, or looking for an errant comma in The New York Times, understanding the guidelines of grammar and utilizing them in everyday life scratches an itch that makes us feel fantastic.

Grammar makes us classic.
A lot of grammar guidelines are permanently embedded in our brains since we learned them as children! It’s enjoyable to review grammar rules and be reminded of the mnemonics, tunes, and animations that initially taught us the rules as kids. From Schoolhouse Rock to Sesame Street, grammar offers us a great deal of great memories.

 

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