March 4th is a day for celebrating the nuts and bolts of language itself. It’s National Grammar Day! As an avid reader and long-time writer this is a holiday I can really get behind. I’m the girl who silently fumes over the wrong usage of there/their/they’re in mundane places like Facebook and Twitter and has the Grammar Girl website bookmarked for help in answering my day-to-day grammar questions.
In honor of National Grammar Day I’m sharing a few of my favorite grammar-related items from the Internet. First up is one of my favorite Non Sequitur comics by the fabulous Wiley Miller. Who else is a little perturbed that “Facebook” is now being used as a verb?
Next up is a comment dear to my heart as a blogger. Nothing brings on a slew of comments like a grammatical error! Thank you to the funny folks at ShoeboxBlog.com for this spot-on grammar cartoon.
And finally what good is a holiday celebrating grammar without a good song? Take a moment to listen to this clever ditty created by the Grammar Girl herself, Mignon Fogarty. Join us as we “March Forth on March Fourth!” It’s clever and informative to boot!
All I could think about is there actually is a day for this! But yes, we need it! 🙂
There’s a day for everything!
Love it! If only they had a grammar day for the German language as well! But as everybody these days is speaking English we are already well served, no?
English grammar is a tricky beast, but I can imagine German must be as crazy!
Glad you brought up this subject. I didn’t know there is a National Grammar Day, but do most people care? Grammar is so mistreated these days, as are punctuation and spelling. I cringe every time I read a blog post with glaring grammatical mistakes. Some self-published books, particularly Kindle books, make me want to throw up. Recently I received a survey from Writers Digest asking how the economy had “effected” me.
Seriously?!? That’s just crazy. I can’t stand grammatical errors in a published work. Unfortunately e-books seem to have quite a few.
This makes me laugh! In my camera at any moment are several photos of signage that has incorrect punctuation and/or grammar usage. If I take a picture of it, I guess it doesn’t irritate me so much! Thanks for this post, it’s really fun!
Thanks for stopping by Amy! I love catching grammatical errors in print signs. Especially advertisements!
Fun post! And, yeah, nothing brings folks out of the woodwork more quickly than a spelling error!
Also, wanted to let you know I’ve nominated you for a Liebster award; details at my blog today.