‘My thesis will finish me’: State university’s post on Grammar Day amuses Pinoys
It’s #GrammarDay I am celebrating by rereading this Andy Hollandbeck column from 2019
Happy National Grammar Day!
In case you missed it, I made my LinkedIn Learning writing course free for 24 hours.
How are you going to celebrate?
Link and details in the first comment. #GrammarDay
Wow, I'm blown away to learn that English isn't the first language of the poet who won the National #GrammarDay poetry contest. Congratulations, Salma Amanda Latifa!
As one of the judges, I can tell you the competition was fierce. If you want to roll around in some fabulous language, check out the winning poem and runners-up.
https://aceseditors.org/news/2025/announcing-the-winner-2025-national-grammar-day-poetry-contest
So, I learned that today is being celebrated as #GrammarDay (because "March forth") and I wrote a poem inspired by our little exchange.
So, I recently learned that today, March 4th, is considered National Grammar Day. Why? Because, according to ACES: the Society for Editing: it is a complete and grammatically correct sentence when written “March forth.” As in, “March forth and celebrate National Grammar Day.” So, for this admittedly flimsy reason, and because of a recent social interaction I had been thinking about, and for kicks, I woke up yesterday and wrote a poem for the ACES annual Grammar Day poetry contest—hoping I m...
Remember: the ever-simple English language has three acceptable plural forms of the word 'octopus' #lexicography #pedantry #GrammarDay
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