学习语法的重要性

对于一位英语学习者来说，学习语法是非常重要的一件事。为什么呢？原因有好几个，其中一个原因就是：如果和其他的语言相比的话，英语的文法规则特别多。假如一位英语学习者不学习文法，就好比一位驾驶员在不懂得交通规则的情况之下在路上驾着车。这是一件非常危险的事，那位驾驶员很可能会因为违反交通规则而收到罚款单或遇上车祸。严重的话，甚至连性命也陪上了。

当然，如果你不学习语法的规则，也不会因此而遇上车祸或有生命的危险。但是，如果你想把英语这个语言搞好的话，就必须学习语法，而且学以致用。

不学习语法有很多坏处，举个例子说，你不知道在某个特指的情况下，该用哪个时态。如果我们要形容一个时常或定时发生的动作，我们就要用一般现在时态。我们何时应用一般过去时态呢？当我们要形容一个过去的动作，而且我们知道这个动作是何时发生的，我们就应用一般过去时态。

看看以下的句子：

I did not went to the office yesterday.

这个句子是用一般过去时态所写成的。这个句子是否有错误呢？如果你懂得语法，你就知道这个句子在语法上是不正确的。虽然这是个一般过去时态的句子，但是，助动词 ‘did’ 过后，我们应该应用动词的原型。所以，正确的句子应该是：

I did not go to the office yesterday.

我们如何应用动词 ‘have’、 ‘has’ 及 ‘had’? ‘Do’、 ‘does’ 和 ‘did’ 又如何应用呢？在什么情况之下，我们才能用 ‘who’、 ‘whom’、 ‘whose’ 及 ‘which’? 通过学习文法，你就能得到以上所有的问题的答案。

当你精英语同语法时，你就能有效及有信心地用英语与人沟通，并且给人留下一个好印象。

精通语法不只在书写方面对你有所帮助，在口语方面也一样有帮助，因为这些是相互关联的。因此，一个讲得一口流利的英语的人不太可能写出一篇不好的文章，相反地的情况也一样。英语书写和口语的文法是大同小异的。两者之间主要的差别就是：在口语方面，我们比较常用到词的缩约形式。一些例子包括“I’m” (‘I am’ 的缩约形式)、 “she’s been” ‘she has been’ 的缩约形式)、 “I’ll be” (‘I will be’ 的缩约形式) 等。在交谈时，当我们回答一个问题时，我们也常常只给一个简短的回答（如果能够的话）。慢些，我将会制作一个关于如何有效地学口语的博客。

如果一位学习者对英语文法的了解不够多，想要写一篇好文章或一份报告及说一口流利的英语，是相当不可能的一件事。

假如一位学习者对英语的语法有充分的了解，那能不能保证学习者肯定能写及说标准的英语呢？以我的看法，答案是：不一定能保证。换句话说，拥有足够的语法知识不是精通英语唯一的条件。还有其他的条件，比如说，充分的明白英语句子是如何形成的。一位学习者如何掌握正确句子的构造呢？这就是我在下一个博客将要提到的课题。希望大家不要错过，以得到更多关于如何掌握英文的提示。





Why is it so important to learn grammar?

It is important for English learners to learn grammar because of several reasons. Firstly, the English Language is like no other languages. There are many grammar rules to observe. If a learner does not learn the rules, it would be like driving without learning traffic rules. If you do so, you are bound to break the rules and get tickets or have accidents. You may even risk your life.

Of course, if you do not learn the grammar rules, you will not likely have accidents or risk your life. But, if you wish to write and speak good English, it is advisable to learn grammar and apply it when writing and speaking English.

There are many disadvantages if you do not learn grammar. For instance, you will not know what tense to use for a particular situation. What tense do we use for an action that happens often, or regularly? We use the simple present tense. When do we use the simple past tense? We use it for a past action and the time it happened is usually included.

Look at this sentence:

I did not went to the post office yesterday.

The sentence is in the simple past. Is there anything wrong with it? If you know grammar rules, you will know that the sentence is grammatically incorrect. That is because after the auxiliary verb ‘did’, the base form of a verb should be used, in spite of the fact that the sentence is in the simple past. So, the grammatically correct sentence should be:

I did not go to the post office yesterday.

How do we use the verbs ‘have’, ‘has’ and ‘had’? What about ‘do’, ‘does’ and ‘did’? When do we use ‘who’, ‘whom’, ‘whose’ and ‘which’? You can get the answers to all these questions through learning grammar.

When you know English grammar well, you are able to communicate effectively and with confidence in the language. You are also bound to leave a good impression on the people that you communicate with.

If you know the rules of English grammar well, it helps you not only in writing but speaking as well. The reason is that all of these are interrelated. Therefore, it is not likely that a person who speaks flawless English writes very bad essays. The opposite is also true. There is not much difference between spoken English grammar and written English grammar. The main difference is that, in spoken English, more contractions are used. Some examples of English contractions include “I’m” (the contraction of ‘I am’), “she’s been” (the contraction of ‘she has been’), “I’ll be” (the contraction of ‘I will be’, etc. In spoken English, when we answer a question, we also tend to give a short reply if we can. I will blog about speaking good English (among some other topics) later.

It is quite impossible for a learner to write good essays or reports and speak good English with little understanding of the grammar rules.

If an English learner has a wide knowledge and a clear understanding of the grammar rules, does it guarantee that he or she will definitely be able to speak and write good English? In my opinion, the answer to this question is ‘no’ – it does not necessarily guarantee so. In other words, having a wide knowledge of the English grammar rules is not the only requirement if a learner wishes to have a good English command. There are some other requirements. For example, having an extensive knowledge of how English sentences are formed. How do learners master the correct sentence structure? That is what I am going to talk about in my next blog. So, be sure to follow it to get more tips on how to master the English Language.