With all the clamor of the Information Age, it's more important
than ever to speak and write clearly, concisely, and correctly.
However, the information revolution has created some obstacles to
Standard English. It's made the way we communicate extremely fast
and convenient.
The result of this is that we often communicate in fragments
or soundbites to relay information. Think of how most of us
compose e-mail: chock full of fragments, no capitalization, no
punctuation.
The Rules of the Game
Think of language as a game. You participate in this game every
day in one or more (and frequently all) of the following ways:
listening, speaking, reading, and writing. Grammar is simply the
rules of the game.
You've been playing this game for most of your life. So the
good news is that you instinctively know most of the rules
already even if you can't really explain them. The bad news is
that the rules that you don't know are the ones that will
inevitably get you into trouble.
Good grammar will help you speak and write clearly, directly,
and confidently. It will help you say precisely what you mean to
say and allow you to be in control of your message. In short, it
will make you a powerful communicator.
Now you try it...
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