G'day, how's it going mate? Today, what I want to talk about is what "Correct Grammar" is. Well, it's extremely difficult to answer, hey? A short answer is none, depending upon circumstances. What I mean by this? Without further ado, let's get straight into it.

First and foremost, grammar is the linchpin of how a complete sentence can be constructed in terms of word order, complexity of sentence structures, and so on. To the best of my knowledge, we cannot speak, write, read and comprehend English sentences without having a good understanding of grammar concepts and specific rules. However, it's going to be quite hard to directly and specifically explain what "Correct Grammar" should be, precisely because grammar, especially in association with spoken language, or colloquialism, has been changing year by year and generation by generation. So, even if you've mastered the full concept of generative grammar coined by Avram Noam Chomsky, you might have to adjust to the current trend of how people speak.

Although it depends on who they are, the overwhelming majority of people speaking English in the world have their own ways of speaking that can be understood by general native speakers. The most important thing for those trying to speak is to be effortlessly understood by general native speakers and non-native speakers regardless of their own thick or thin accents or vocabulary. Grammar has basically remained almost the same ever since its inception of the English language, but spoken grammar is a different world. There are some exceptions to spoken English. For instance, easiness/laziness and tone.

First up, easiness/laziness. This is probably associated with tone as well. For example, when you are talking about plural things and want to speak quickly, then you tend to say like 'There's some tasks you've got to finish today". This is incorrect when it comes to generative grammar, right? The correct one would be "There are some tasks you've got to finish today". This is one of the typical non-standard spoken grammars. Another typical one is like when you are explaining the reason for something, many people would say "The reason why blah blah blah is because blah blah blah". Do you know why this is not right? The phrase 'The reason is" per se already indicates the meaning of "because", so that this sort of non-standard phrase is called "tautology". I don't know why but so many people say in that way, even uni profs or politicians. Tautology is like you're saying the same thing twice or even thrice over in different words.

In conclusion, what "Correct Grammar" can be described by the fact that you can write English sentences in accordance with generative grammar rules but are able to tweak or make some minor alterations when it comes to today's spoken English effectively. The reason being this is that spoken English does not strictly follow generative grammar rules, but more like non-standard grammar spoken by general native speakers. There's some slips!! So "Correct Grammar" in a sense can only been seen in written English with the possible exception of non-academic or informal settings.

Thanks for reading my blog today. Talk to you guys soon, bye.