4 March is National Grammar Day, which is celebrated annually.
According to Global Language Monitor, the estimated number of words in the English language is 1 025 109, and, although there is some controversy over that number, it is safe to say that it is definitely more than one million.
Some people might suggest that grammar is a set of rules for language, and that language is actually meant to be celebrated. However, grammar is actually a system for understanding a language and the structure of a word. Understanding the system and the structure helps people to better understand the language, and can also help us to learn new languages.
Even some of the hard and fast grammar rules come up for debate from time to time, one of them being the Oxford comma.
National Grammar Day was created in 2008 by Martha Brockenbrought, who was the founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar.
To celebrate today, try your best to use correct grammar. For more ideas and information on how to celebrate this day, visit https://nationalgrammarday.com/.
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https://youtube.be/8GvOH-vPoDc
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