{"id":564,"date":"2020-06-23T13:35:08","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T13:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/writing-workshop\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=564"},"modified":"2024-04-25T01:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-04-25T01:13:13","slug":"putting-it-together-grammar-basics","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/chapter\/putting-it-together-grammar-basics\/","title":{"raw":"Putting It Together: Grammar Basics","rendered":"Putting It Together: Grammar Basics"},"content":{"raw":"<img class=\" wp-image-719 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/06\/24190528\/students-1807505_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" \/>\r\n\r\nIs \"proper\" grammar important? What <em>is<\/em>\u00a0\"proper\" grammar?\r\n\r\nWell, that depends on the context.\r\n\r\nWould you use the same kind of language at a job interview or career networking event as you would talking with siblings or close friends? Probably not. There is nothing inherently <em>better<\/em> about grammatically precise language.\u00a0Sometimes it makes sense to pay attention to grammar rules and try to get things \"right\"-- other times those grammar rules can seem constraining, boring, or irrelevant. Above all, it's important to pay attention to the <em>context\u00a0<\/em>of your speech or writing\u00a0and understand when more formal language is appropriate.\r\n\r\nUnless the assignment says otherwise, the assumption is that academic writing will try to adhere as much as possible to the rules of English grammar. Remember, though, that language is vast and always changing. There's always more to learn! One of the things you're learning in a college writing class is to have more and more mastery of the tone and\u00a0register (level of formality) of your writing.","rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-719 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5208\/2020\/06\/24190528\/students-1807505_1920-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Decorative image.\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Is &#8220;proper&#8221; grammar important? What <em>is<\/em>\u00a0&#8220;proper&#8221; grammar?<\/p>\n<p>Well, that depends on the context.<\/p>\n<p>Would you use the same kind of language at a job interview or career networking event as you would talking with siblings or close friends? Probably not. There is nothing inherently <em>better<\/em> about grammatically precise language.\u00a0Sometimes it makes sense to pay attention to grammar rules and try to get things &#8220;right&#8221;&#8211; other times those grammar rules can seem constraining, boring, or irrelevant. Above all, it&#8217;s important to pay attention to the <em>context\u00a0<\/em>of your speech or writing\u00a0and understand when more formal language is appropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Unless the assignment says otherwise, the assumption is that academic writing will try to adhere as much as possible to the rules of English grammar. Remember, though, that language is vast and always changing. There&#8217;s always more to learn! One of the things you&#8217;re learning in a college writing class is to have more and more mastery of the tone and\u00a0register (level of formality) of your writing.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-564\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Putting It Together: Grammar Basics. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/about\/pdm\">Public Domain: No Known Copyright<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Shared previously<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Image of students on laptops. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Sasin Tipchai. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Pixabay. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/students-adult-asia-computer-1807505\/\">https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/students-adult-asia-computer-1807505\/<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>Other<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":29,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Putting It Together: Grammar Basics\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"pd\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"cc\",\"description\":\"Image of students on laptops\",\"author\":\"Sasin Tipchai\",\"organization\":\"Pixabay\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/photos\/students-adult-asia-computer-1807505\/\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"other\",\"license_terms\":\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/service\/license\/\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"98b8aecb-e770-41bb-9420-5ccad8c735cc","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-564","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":358,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1305,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/564\/revisions\/1305"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/358"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/564\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=564"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/englishcomp1coreq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}