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National Grammar Day is celebrated in the United States on March 4. Designated in 2008, the National Grammar Day was established by Martha Brockenbrough, founder of the Society for the Promotion of Good Grammar.
Activities
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No wonder the United States government can't get anything done. It is wasting its time declaring official days to celebrate grammar when we're right in the middle of a recession. If the federal government really wanted to improve the education system then it should get rid of teaching grammar (a useless task as long as we can still get our point across easily. Grammar will still exist, we just won't be wasting our time learning about participles and linking verbs) and do productive things in English class, like reading serious novels and plays as opposed to the junk curriculum that is currently taught.
Criticism
"National Grammar Day is a day to set aside everyday English and follow special rules that have nothing to do with how people actually talk or write. On all other days, we split our infinitives and start sentences with and and but. But on National Grammar day, we avoid but altogether and utter no verbs at all. On all other days we use like for as. On National Grammar Day, we like nobody else's grammar all day long. On all other days, we use hopefully as a sentence adverbial. On National Grammar Day, we are no longer sanguine about anyone's ability to speak or write correctly, and we only expect the worst. Or we expect only the worst."
References
- Dennis Baron (2010). "Who cares about National Grammar Day? Or is it whom?", The Web of Language at University of Illinois.