When working with grammar it is important we start with the very basics. It may seem silly to start from the beginning when discussing usage, but everything always comes back to this point.
Categories.
Now, I'm sure I have you wondering, what does "categories" have to do with anything? Categories are the very start of everything grammar related. Example: there's a thing called "platerduff", this thing is a type of dog. Let's say I tell you a platerduff is a dog, you understand exactly what it is; perhaps not how it looks, but you know it will resemble other dogs. If we didn't have the category of dog, you wouldn't know what it was, or where to place it. It would be even harder to explain what a platerduff is.
We're going to play a little game, it may seem lame, but it'll teach you why we have to separate grammar and its rules. Find the item which doesn't belong:
- Violin
- Cello
- Trombone
- Bass
- Viola
The Trombone doesn't belong here because it is a brass instrument rather than a orchestral one. We wouldn't know the difference without categories.
The categories or grammar I will eventually be discussing more thoroughly are:
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Adjective
- Adverbs
- Pronouns
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Articles
Keep an eye out for these subjects to hopefully help improve your writing. I'm hoping to increase my understanding as well by studying and teaching these topics. Besides, there is always plenty of room for improvement, and I really want to improve. It's something which needs to happen every time you write, I can attest to the fact you do become smarter as you get older. "One year older and wiser too,"
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