10 reasons why grammar is important

Grammar has long been a subject of study—as a companion to rhetoric in ancient Greece and Rome and as one of the seven liberal arts in medieval education.

Although the methods of studying grammar have changed dramatically in recent times, the reasons for studying grammar have remained essentially the same.

One of the most sensible answers to the question of why grammar matters appears in a position statement on the teaching of grammar in American schools.

Published by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), the report is refreshingly free of educational cant. Here's how it begins:

"Grammar is important because it is the language that makes it possible for us to talk about language.

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Grammar names the types of words and word groups that make up sentences not only in English but in any language. As human beings, we can put sentences together even as children—we can all do grammar. But to be able to talk about how sentences are built, about the types of words and word groups that make up sentences—that

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