# Does grammar matter?

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED-Ed
- Speaker: Andreea S. Calude
- Year: 2016
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Society and politics, History, Literature and writing, Languages and linguistics, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/andreea_s_calude_does_grammar_matter)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

It can be hard sometimes, when speaking, to remember all of the grammatical rules that guide us when we're writing. When is it right to say "the dog and me" and when should it be "the dog and I"? Does it even matter? Andreea S. Calude dives into the age-old argument between linguistic prescriptivists and descriptivists — who have two very different opinions on the matter. \[Directed by Mike Schell, narrated by Addison Anderson\].

## Lectures

1. [Does grammar matter?](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/andreea_s_calude_does_grammar_matter/cc234ecc2c6e), 5 min (TED's player)