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National Grammar Day is celebrated every year on 4 March. It is celebrated to encourage people to use correct grammar in written and verbal language. The grammar of a language means certain rules that make understanding the language easier and allow us to converse with each other. However, the world is diverse and multilingual. There are more than 7,100 languages we speak in different parts of the world. Yet, there is one language that connects all of us, English. Approximately, 19% of the world speaks the English language.
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History and Significance
Martha Brockenbrough, the author of Things That Make Us (Sic) established National Grammar Day on 4 March 2008. She is the founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar (SPOGG). It focuses on the objective that “ It’s not only a date, it’s an imperative: March fourth on March 4 to speak well, write well, and help others do the same!” The day is observed to spread awareness and understanding of proper grammar. On this day, you can brush up on your grammar skills and help others to do the same.
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Importance of National Grammar Day
The following shows the importance of grammar in our daily lives:
- Grammar is essential for any language and enables us to express our thoughts, views, opinions and feelings clearly. Using the rules of grammar correctly will present a structured and logical statement for others to understand while incorrect usage would cause miscommunication.
- Grammar is fun when you enjoy the structure of a language. Sometimes, while reading a piece of text or proofreading a material, you can find a typo (usage of incorrect spelling by mistake while typing/writing) or an incorrect usage of words, it is fun to mark them or mentally correct such mistakes.
- Grammar can be nostalgic. Even though with time, we become proficient in understanding the system of a language, there have been moments when we have opened those old grammar books to revise one or the other component of grammar.
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How is it Celebrated?
You can celebrate this day in the following ways:
- Pick up a good book, novel, magazine or even a newspaper to polish your grammar skills or can even learn a new phrase.
- Not all languages follow the same grammatical rules, you can always learn a new word from a different language.
- Have a conversation with your friend who does not have the same first language as yours and explore their logic of grammar understanding.
- You can also start to learn a new language, starting by learning a few basic words.
- You can also share your views and thoughts about National Grammar Day on social media.
Tips to Improve Your Grammar
You can use the following tips to improve your grammar:
- Reading is a great hobby to pick up. Reading can improve your grammatical skills, writing skills and even enable you to improve your vocabulary
- Using a grammar manual can be really helpful for you to understand the nuances of a language
- You can also choose to write something on the topic of your choice and analyse it for mistakes and clarity
- Have conversations with others to understand how your usage of words is different from them
- Binge a show or movie in the language of your choice and learn something new about using that language
National Grammar Day Quotes
“You are actually killing the beauty of a language if you are not using the grammar rules of that language.”
“Grammar is the foundation of language. Without it, we would all be grunting in caves.”
Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister
“Punctuation is like spices: used properly, they can enhance the dish; used improperly, they can ruin it.”
Jeff Atwood, American software developer
“A language is not what it appears to be on the surface; it is a deep well of secrets that must be explored.”
Chinua Achebe, Nigerian novelist
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FAQs
National Grammar Day is celebrated every year on 4 March. It is celebrated to encourage people to use correct grammar in written and verbal language. The day is observed to spread awareness and understanding of proper grammar. On this day, you can brush up on your grammar skills and help others to do the same.
You can celebrate this day in the following ways:
1. Pick up a good book, novel, magazine or even a newspaper to polish your grammar skills or even learn a new phrase
2. Not all languages follow the same grammatical rules, you can always learn a new word from a different language
3. Have a conversation with your friend who does not have the same first language as yours and explore their logic of the grammar understanding
The grammar of a language means certain rules that make understanding the language easier and allow us to converse with each other.
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