The Importance of Grammar

Grammar; Its Importance in English Communication

Grammar is important in communication. Grammar is the study of the structure and meaning of human language; the term is also applied to books that set out rules governing a language’s usage. Grammar maybe understood either in a traditional sense, designating an unbroken chain of theories about language extending back to ancient Greece., or in a more modern way. In current linguistics, grammar is defined as, the body of tacit knowledge that constitute a speaker’s voice group of his language.

Grammar is the study of the forms of words and their arrangement in sentence; a system of rules for speaking and writing judge d with regard to correctness of spelling, syntax, etc.

Scholars have analyzed all known languages, and have reduced the users and forms of words and their combinations to a set of rules derived from usage. The manner in which words may be put together to form sentences is called grammar.

Grammar is, first is rules for language: the system for rules by which word are formed and put together to form sentences; second is particular set of language rules: the rule for speaking or writing is particular language, or an analysis of the rules of a particular aspects of language (Spanish grammar and case grammar);third is quality of language: the spoken or written form of language that somebody uses with regard to accept standard of correctness (bad grammar) fourth is grammar book: a book dealing with the grammar of a language and fifth is Analytical system: a systematic treatment of elementary principles of a subject and their interrelationships.

Grammar includes such specific subtopics as morphology (the principles of word formation: see phonology and morphology), syntax, (the principles of sentence structures) and the part of speech. Descriptive grammar is observational and attempts to characterize the principles of words and sentences formation that speakers actually follow in using their language. On the other hand, prescriptive grammar, also called normative grammar, formulate rules about how people ought to speak or write.

Traditional grammar isolates and identifies language units of various sizes and develops rules for combining them into longer structures. A properly constituted structure–one formed according to the rules- is called grammatical; ungrammatical structures are those violate the rules. For example, a morphological rule for English is that nouns but not verbs can end in the suffix-ness. Forms such as quickness, fastness and present ness may or may not be nouns in English, but they cannot be verbs. A syntactic rule is that singular subjects take singular verbs.

In grammar, there are many kinds of grammatical elements such as using the present tense correctly: we use the simple present tense to express a habitual action, a general truth which is not repeated but which is true, we use present tense whenever refer to action done at present: using imperative correctly: the imperative form of the verb is used to give instruction of directions, make requests or give commands, It uses the base form of the verb; using question words correctly: Wh-question words , who, what, which are question words when the information needed is the subject of the modifiers of the subject; Going to and Will: we usually be going to+ base form of the verb (v) when we talk about our plane or intentions for the future. We can use Will for the same meaning although going to is more common; single-word, compound, phrasal modifiers. Single word modifiers are placed before the item described, whereas phrasal modifiers are placed after item described; coordinating correlative conjunctions: conjunctions such as and, or, but, yet, and so stand between join part of a sentence pattern of life construction ( between two nouns, two verbs, two phrases or clauses). They are called coordinators, coordinating conjunctions or conjunctive they join the grammatical elements of equal interest and importance; In clauses join by conjunctions, a comma, semi-colon, or period is placed is placed before the conjunction; sentence connectors are also called conjunctions, they resemble coordinating conjunction in that both join or stand between sentence patterns or independent clauses. Sentence connectors differ from coordinating conjunctions in that they occur at the end of or inside the second pattern or Independent clause, the conjunction can only occur between sentence patterns; Expressing relationship of ideas through subordination using subordinating connectives,in constructing sentences you can make one idea more pathetic than another by the process of subordination, that is by putting the main or important idea in the main clause , and the lesser or minor idea in the subordinate clause; subordinate clauses are dependent structures, they are meaningful only when they apart of larger sentence structure.

The advantages of knowing correct grammar, you can easily get other’s attention when you are vocalizing those words or sentences correctly, it can help you to be more confident in facing different people in their different fields, you can easily get jobs like being a call center representative, you can get along with the high society people, it can enhance your vocabulary wordings, it will enhance your ability to create some exception all essay of your own.
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American Slang

Dicey - Definition: Risky, dangerous Example: 1) Getting into a fight with Tim is very dicey -- he is a black belt in karate.



Wrong side of the track - Definition: The poor part of town. Example: 1) Chris came from the wrong side of the tracks, but eventually he became a millionaire. Etymology: In many American cities, the neighborhoods where poor people live are typically on one side of a city's railroad tracks, close to factories and sources of pollution. Synonyms: slum


Mystery Meat - Definition: Animal flesh that has been cooked so long and so badly that it cannot be identified; an unappealing food item of unknown origin, typically served to defenseless students in dining halls.
Example: Oh, no… it looks like mystery meat is on the menu again.

Five o'clock shadow - Definition: Facial stubble; a man's beard at the end of the day. Example: 1) Peter has a very heavy beard -- even though he shaves every morning, he gets a five o'clock shadow by lunchtime Etymology: The typical American workday ends at 'five o'clock' in the afternoon. A 'shadow' is a patch of darkness, or a hint of the presence of something. After spending a full day at work for eight or more hours, many men have a noticeable growth of facial hair, which is dark like a 'shadow' and hints at the beard that would grow if left unshaven.

Jane Doe - Definition: An unidentified woman or the average American woman.
Example:
1) The police found Jane Doe number 1 buried under the blanket in the back yard.
2) Jane Doe spends most of her time shopping for the latest fashions.

knucle sandwich - Definition: A punch in the face. Example: 1) If you don't stop bothering me, you're going 2) Sabah gave Peter a knuckle sandwich when she caught him looking at other girls. to get a knuckle sandwich.
Etymology: A 'sandwich' is an assortment of food between two pieces of bread, and 'knuckles' are the bones in your hand. So a 'knuckle sandwich' is a fist that goes straight toward your mouth.

Hole in the Wall - Definition: A small, simple place, particularly a shop or restaurant.
Example: 1) Let's go to the Italian restaurant on Smith Street. It's just a hole in the wall, but the food is excellent. Etymology: This phrase has been used since the early 1800s. A 'hole' is an empty space, and a 'wall' is part of a building. So a 'hole in the wall' is a simple, undecorated space in a building.