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                 Value of Grammar 

Human beings communicate using languages. As man becomes more and more civilized, he feels an urge to tell others exactly what he feels. So, the importance of grammar has to be understood. The cost of grammar is comprehended especially when a person has to write. Very often in conversational language, grammar is ignored and yet is not much of a loss. But a person is judged by his writing. Grammar in any language is an important aspect of literature. No language will get command respect without the correct use of grammar. If a verb in a sentence is wrongly used or another part of speech is used in its place, the meaning is sure to be missed. If a great writer of the past is still remembered today after centuries, it is because their writings are founded on grammar. 

Learning grammar is not an easy process. But it turns out to be easy when chased regularly, sincerely, and with diligence. The importance of grammar is that each part of it is associated with another. In a subject like mathematics or simple arithmetic, the subject can be studied well even if one part of it is omitted. For instance, a learner studying in the degree course with mathematics as the main subject does not have to read all that a student of the master's course has to. But a student of literature studying in the degree course cannot afford to forget or ignore any part of the grammar of his language that he had learned earlier. Even if one part of it is ignored, he cannot do his exercise properly. Imperfect knowledge of grammar is like driving a car without a front-light in a dark night. This process of learning is a long laborious process and may need even throughout life, even by people who have gone through an advanced course in a subject. To-day it is quite common to see graduates and post-graduates going to coaching institutions and to private teachers to study grammar alone. To quote an example, one of the programs on the television includes the teaching of the correct use of words in Bengali and this is taught not to those who do not know the Language but to those whose mother tongue is Bengali. This ignorance is stead to any language. It is said that most people are ignorant of grammar and grammatical rules of their own mother tongue.

Learning grammar does not require much physical labor. Many hours of our daily lives are spent over a cup of tea or coffee.  A small fraction of such time spent in the learning of grammar for about a year or two will stand the learner in good stead throughout his life. It is not like any of the crafts that cannot be practiced when a person becomes old or physically weak. What is needed for this is just a few years of intensive study in the earlier days. For most things in life, special hours are needed to learn them. If one desires to learn a skill, one must seek a master crafts-man; have a small space to work in and proper tools, and much leisure. But Grammar can be learned without much trouble. No school, no room to study, no of varieties of tools, or no large number of hours at a time is required. Any person occupying any position in life can study grammar easily if he has by his side a good book on grammar. For example, an attendee in an office, sitting on his stool outside the office room of the executive can through the pages of a grammar book when he is not called in by his employer. He needs not to depend upon any extra lighting facility. The house he occupies can be his school in a classroom. The few minutes that he discovers now and then away from his normal avocations can be enough for his point.

The value of grammar is immense. Many who speak correctly often write incorrectly, As in the case of many children who go to some convents where conversational skills are improved, but writing is not given the same attention. When grammar is learned carefully, it gives the learner immense pleasure. Or he can profit by good writing. It is also possible that a gentleman or lady can get both pleasure and profit by a good grounding in grammar. When a person chats well, writes wonderfully, and is able to convey his thought precisely and unambiguously, he is held in great esteem.