March 4th is National Grammar Day! While this may not be up there with Thanksgiving or Halloween, it is certainly a day of the year you should pay attention to. If you do nothing else – thank your editor today! What is National Grammar Day? National Grammar Day began in 2008 and was started…
What do you call a dinosaur with an expansive vocabulary? A thesaurus! And thanks to Peter Mark Roget, you can also call a book filled with synonyms a thesaurus and reference one whenever you’re in need of a fresh word with a specific meaning. January 18th was selected as National Thesaurus Day because it is…
Did you know that National Grammar Day and National Proofreading Day both fall in March? And there’s no need to wait until their observance days to celebrate them! Grammar and proofreading deserve to be celebrated all 365 days a year, especially in the fields of communication and technical writing. National Grammar Day National Grammar Day…
Did you know that February 11th is National Inventors Day? What do you think of when you think of “inventions?” The lightbulb is a common answer – and for good reason – but wind energy also deserves our attention on this day. Join us for a history of National Inventors Day and a rundown of…
Celebrating the Thesaurus on National Thesaurus Day Did you know that January 18th was National Thesaurus Day? Although the day is now behind us, it doesn’t mean you can’t still celebrate the holiday and the thesaurus all year long! We often overlook the expansive book for its better known cousin, the dictionary, but a thesaurus…
Are you looking for validation to celebrate your love of a properly placed apostrophe? Look no further. National Punctuation Day is celebrated annually on September 24. The “holiday” (quotation marks used intentionally) was founded by Jeff Rubin, and is featured in Chase’s Calendar of Events. Even if you aren’t enamored with punctuation, we all have…
Happy National Scrabble Day! On National Scrabble Day, wordsmiths, puzzle lovers, game players, and others celebrate the wordy game of Scrabble. Although every day can be a great day to enjoy a fun game of Scrabble, it is especially celebrated on April 13. This date was chosen in honor of the game’s inventor, Alfred Mosher…
Happy Tolkien Reading Day! My first experience with J.R.R. Tolkien was not on a temperate spring day like March 25. Rather, I first picked up a Tolkien novel because of an assigned summer reading project during the stifling season before my freshman year of high school. I procrastinated completing my summer reading, choosing to while…
Admittedly, National Grammar Day is not the best-known holiday in March. The reasons and ways to celebrate a day dedicated to grammar may not be as self-evident as other more obscure holidays like National Napping Day or National Oreo Cookie Day (both coming up in the next few weeks). The fact is, grammar is always…
In the grey days following the holiday season and before Valentine’s Day, sending a friend a card is a simple pick-me-up that takes little effort and can have a big impact. Today is National Send a Card to a Friend Day, and in case you needed a prompt to complete a simple act of kindness…