Today Is National Grammar Day
Created by Bob Helmbrecht, collection development librarian
National Grammar Day was created by Martha Brockenbrough, founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar, in 2008. She was teaching high school at this time, and came up with the idea to help inspire her students. It is a day to bring attention to the importance of good grammar, and to promote resources to help people learn to write and speak in grammatically correct ways.
If you would like to work on your grammar online, explore Gale Presents: Udemy. There are several grammar courses that you can take for free. If you prefer learning through books, here is a selection of titles from the Library’s collections to help you improve your grammar:
- “Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language” by Gretchen McCulloch
- “Delusions of Grammar: The Worst of the Worst” by Sharon Eliza Nichols
- “Do I Make Myself Clear?: Why Writing Well Matters” by Harold Evans
- “Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style” by Benjamin Dreyer
- “Get a Grip on Your Grammar: 250 Writing and Editing Reminders for the Curious or Confused” by Kris Spisak
- “Have You Eaten Grandma?: Or, the Life-Saving Importance of Correct Punctuation, Grammar, and Good English” by Gyles Daubeney Brandreth
- “How to They/Them: A Visual Guide to Nonbinary Pronouns and the World of Gender Fluidity” by Stuart Getty
- “The Infographic Guide to Grammar: A Visual Reference for Everything You Need to Know” by Jara Kern
- “Making Sense: The Glamorous Story of English Grammar” by David Crystal
- “Woe Is I: The Grammarphobe’s Guide to Better English in Plain English” by Patricia T. O’Conner